autonomic
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The 44-year-old Los Angeles resident says the peptides have helped with myriad symptoms she has long struggled with due to a disorder of her autonomic nervous system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
"Climate change is increasing the frequency of hot nights, which may independently contribute to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality by impairing sleep and autonomic recovery," he said.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026
Neuroscientists call such coordinated movement and autonomic activity “interpersonal synchrony.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
It's part of the autonomic nervous system, which controls things we don't think about, like breathing, heart rate and digestion.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
“The android autonomic nervous system isn’t as flexible at cutting in and out as ours. But as you say, this wouldn’t work for more than five or six seconds.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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