How to Use parasympathetic in a Sentence

parasympathetic

adjective

• The parasympathetic system’s weird—that’s what the gas revs up.
  — Nisi Shawl, Slate Magazine, 22 Feb. 2017
• All these things help our bodies get into a parasympathetic state.
  — Celia Ellenberg, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2023
• Doing so allows your body to move from the sympathetic system's fight-or-flight to the parasympathetic relaxation mode, Anne said.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 11 Dec. 2020
• After a hard workout, the parasympathetic system dominates as the body demands rest.
  — Charles Wallace, WSJ, 25 June 2017
• The only way the recovery process can take place is through activation of the parasympathetic aspect of your autonomic nervous system.
  — Dana Santas, CNN, 30 June 2021
• Less sympathetic nervous system drive equals less stress, while more parasympathetic activity leads to a state of calm, which is central to yoga practice.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 6 May 2020
• Such responses are driven by the parasympathetic system.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2021
• Some research has suggested a role for parasympathetic nerves, which counteract sympathetic signals to return the body to rest, and for sensory nerves, which relay various stimuli to the brain.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 12 Sep. 2019
• The parasympathetic functions are often characterized as rest-and-digest.
  — Anne R. Crecelius, The Conversation, 20 June 2019
• Yoga is a parasympathetic activation exercise that helps with digestion, blood flow and more.
  — Womensmedia, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
• In addition, heart rate was higher, insulin resistance rose, and the sympathetic (fight or flight) and parasympathetic (rest and relax) nervous systems were unbalanced, which has been linked to higher blood pressure in healthy people.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 14 Mar. 2022
• The insula regulates the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, which control the fight-or-flight response and relax the body, respectively.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 24 June 2020
• Extending your inhale and exhale helps drop your body into parasympathetic mode, meaning your anxious fight-or-flight impulses become reduced.
  — Laird Hamilton, Outside Online, 4 Aug. 2019
• Another is that the switch from negative to positive emotions quiets your sympathetic nervous system—which triggers the fight-or-flight response—and activates the parasympathetic system, which acts more like a brake on strong emotions.
  — Popular Science, 4 Jan. 2021
• Another is that the switch from negative to positive emotions quiets your sympathetic nervous system – which triggers the fight-or-flight response – and activates the parasympathetic system, which acts more like a brake on strong emotions.
  — The Conversation, oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2020
• It's related to the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and the balance between its branches - the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
  — NOLA.com, 9 June 2017
• Finally, a proprietary biofeedback test identifies my parasympathetic levels, which indicate the body’s ability to de-stress.
  — Adam H. Graham, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2022
• The body reflexively compensates by increasing parasympathetic activity to slow the heart rate back toward normal.
  — Anne R. Crecelius, The Conversation, 20 June 2019
• Breathing slowly, deeply, and intentionally triggers the parasympathetic system, or the part of the autonomic nervous system that tells you to relax, SELF has previously reported.
  — Emilia Benton, SELF, 4 Aug. 2022
• Deep rhythmic breathing in this manner, even for just a few minutes, shows a marked change in HRV readings, including physiological shifts engaging the parasympathetic branch of the nervous system helping your body enter a natural state of recovery.
  — Justin Ross, Outside Online, 13 May 2020
• The central nervous system is in communication with the gut via the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system, the involuntary arm of the nervous system that controls heart rate, breathing, and digestion.
  — Justin Sonnenburg, Scientific American, 1 May 2015
• In another study, slimes with similar characteristics to those of body fluids and foods altered sympathetic (fight or flight) and parasympathetic (rest and digest) activity.
  — Coren Walters-Stewart, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2022
• This dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) tactic balances the nervous system, taking us from a sympathetic response back to a parasympathetic state.
  — Stefanie Groner, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2020
• Releasing even a little bit of tension can return the autonomic nervous system from an overactivated sympathetic state to a more balanced parasympathetic state.
  — WIRED, 5 Sep. 2022
• Training the vagus nerve and our parasympathetic response is important for runners for a number of reasons, including research that blends together both performance improvements and prescribing when to tackle harder workouts.
  — Justin Ross, Outside Online, 13 May 2020
• Singing also increases heart rate variability which is associated with relaxation, better stress resilience and adaptation, and higher rest-and-digest (parasympathetic) activity. #5.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• The parasympathetic system’s weird—that’s what the gas revs up.
  — Nisi Shawl, Slate Magazine, 22 Feb. 2017
• All these things help our bodies get into a parasympathetic state.
  — Celia Ellenberg, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2023
• Doing so allows your body to move from the sympathetic system's fight-or-flight to the parasympathetic relaxation mode, Anne said.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 11 Dec. 2020
• After a hard workout, the parasympathetic system dominates as the body demands rest.
  — Charles Wallace, WSJ, 25 June 2017

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