One part, called your sympathetic nervous system, helps you fight or run away in an emergency (also known as your "fight-or-flight" response). The other part, called your parasympathetic nervous ...

⁶ Normally, the two primary divisions of the autonomic nervous system—the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems—operate in balance.⁶ They jointly manage the body’s reaction to stress ...

How do they work? Why do we have an autonomic and a somatic nervous system? When do the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems kick in? And what's with the vagus nerve? Skip next section More on ...

Action of glands is inhibited - decrease in production of secretions Parasympathetic (rest and digest) Action of glands is stimulated - increase in production of secretions ...

The vagus nerve is a major pathway of the parasympathetic nervous system, which, along with the sympathetic nervous system, constitutes the autonomic nervous system. Normally, sympathetic and ...

Yoga exerts this power by calming down the two dueling parts of the nervous system: sympathetic and parasympathetic. The first is famous for the “fight-or-flight” response, which causes the ...

The ANS has traditionally been divided into two branches: The sympathetic nervous system ... other "nonessential" functions The parasympathetic nervous system (PNS)—often known as the "rest ...