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 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
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
Given the capacity to control autonomic functions, modulate brain waves, run cells, why shouldn’t it be possible to employ exactly the same technology to go in precisely the opposite direction?
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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