The Vegetative Nervous System

Imbalances of the autonomic nervous system in people living in radioactive contaminated territories: radioactivity and vegetative imbalance

Background: The Ural region is highlighted among other Russian regions for its unfavorable radiation situation and complexity of the overall environmental situation. The source of man-made radioactive contamination is the work of the "Mayak" Production Association. A significant radioactive contamination has happened as a result of several radiation incidents in the early period ...

[The functional disturbances in the vegetative nervous system associated with nasal and paranasal sinuses pathology].

The authors undertook the analysis of the literature data on the functional state of the vegetative nervous system (VNS) in the patients presenting with otorhinolaryngological pathology. These data suggest the participation of VNS in the origin and development of many ENT diseases. Moreover, they demonstrate the absence of commonly accepted approaches to the study of VNS and the assessment of c...

Tonus of the Vegetative Nervous System: Its Meaning and Measurement

The Vegetative Nervous System: A Clinical Study

Time-Related Heart Vegetative Balance Characteristics in Healthy Subjects

Changes of the heart autonomic balance between morning (8 to 9 h) and afternoon (14 – 15 h) measurements were studied in 22 healthy subjects. The selection of these two daytime periods was substantiated by the established higher risk of cardiovascular incidents in the morning and the relative balance of the vegetative nervous system in the afternoon hours. The changes were analyzed by RRvariabi...

The historical origins of the vegetative state: Received wisdom and the utility of the text.

The persistent vegetative state (PVS) is one of the most iconic and misunderstood phrases in clinical neuroscience. Coined as a diagnostic category by Scottish neurosurgeon Bryan Jennett and American neurologist Fred Plum in 1972, the phrase "vegetative" first appeared in Aristotle's treatise On the Soul (circa mid-fourth century BCE). Aristotle influenced neuroscientists of the nineteenth and ...