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

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

Your autonomic nervous system regulates heartbeat and blood pressure, but with POTS, the body stops keeping these functions in check, causing symptoms like nausea, dizziness, and extreme fatigue.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

Speaking is an autonomic business; you may search for words as you go along, but they are found for you by agents in your brain over which you exercise no direct control.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas