autonomic
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Such conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome, result in gastrointestinal symptoms related to the functioning of the autonomic nervous system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The autonomic nervous system helps regulate many automatic functions in the body, including digestion.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
When you see green trees, smell pine and hear gentle rustling leaves or the sound of birdsong, your autonomic nervous system - a network of nerves controlling unconscious processes - responds instantly.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 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
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