… vagus nerve in defining stress. The model details the importance of a branch of the vagus …
the vagal pathways originating in the nucleus ambiguus. Measurement of this component of …

… of vagal function including resting heart rate, heart rate recovery, heart rate variability, and
baroreflex sensitivity we show that decreased vagal … Moreover, we show that decreased vagal …

… the vagus nerve in mediating homeostasis and defining stress. Measurement of cardiac
vagal … The method monitors the neural control of the heart via the vagus (ie, vagal tone) as an …

… vagus originating from the dorsal motor nucleus might be labeled the vegetative vagus, in
contrast to the emotive or smart vagus … target organs associated with each branch of the vagus. …

The results of neural tracing studies suggest that vagal afferent fibers in cervical and … vagal
afferents innervate numerous thoracic and abdominal paraganglia associated with the vagus …

Objective Prospective studies have demonstrated that anxiety predicts sudden cardiac death,
but the mechanism underlying this increased risk is unclear. This study examined whether …

… Vasovagal responses reflect autonomic neural changes: bradycardia results from sudden
augmentation of efferent vagal … stress or pain causes a vasovagal response (central type). The …

… vagal modulation of heart rate. Its purpose will be: (1) to describe the effects of normal aging
and gender on vagal … in physical fitness and body weight on vagal modulation of HR, and (3) …

Measures of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) have been widely applied in the physiological
and psychophysiological literature as an index of vagal control of the heart. Despite an …

… in either the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus or in the vicinity of the nucleus ambiguus (…
of the vagus is large and its central termination area small. In addition, vagal axons mediate a …