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Parasympathetic Nervous System

Known as: nervous parasympathetic system, Systems, Parasympathetic Nervous, Parasympathetic part of autonomic division of nervous system 
The craniosacral division of the autonomic nervous system. The cell bodies of the parasympathetic preganglionic fibers are in brain stem nuclei and… 
National Institutes of Health

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Autonomic nervous systemNervous system structure

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Efferent PathwaysOculomotor nerve structureStructure of ciliary ganglionVagus nerve structure

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Children's internalizing symptoms: The role of interactions between cortisol and respiratory sinus arrhythmia
2004
2004
The Nicotinic Receptor in the Rat Pineal Gland Is an α3β4 Subtype
The rat pineal gland contains a high density of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). We characterized the… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Parasympathetic cerebrovascular innervation: an anterograde tracing from the sphenopalatine ganglion in the rat.
To elucidate parasympathetic cerebrovascular innervation of the rat sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG), we injected wheat germ… 
1992
1992
Effects of an oral glucose load on plasma neurotransmitters in humans: involvement of REM sleep?
Plasma noradrenaline (NA), adrenaline (Ad), dopamine (DA), platelet serotonin (p5HT), free serotonin (f5HT), glucose, heart rate… 
1990
1990
Gamma interferon-like immunoreactivity in the rat nervous system
1988
1988
Central nervous system action of calcitonin gene-related peptide to inhibit gastric emptying in the conscious rat
1987
1987
Thermic effect of food: possible implication of parasympathetic nervous system.
To investigate the effect of the autonomic nervous system on the thermic response to food ingestion, respiratory exchange… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Is fiber satiating? Effects of a high fiber preload on subsequent food intake of normal-weight and obese young men
1984
1984
Cardiovascular effects of discrete intrahypothalamic and preoptic injections of Bradykinin
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
The effect of the Valsalva maneuver on the circulation. II. The role of the autonomic nervous system in the production of the overshoot.
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