Sympathetic nervous system

Overview of the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the visceral motor system (This awesome figure is from "Neuroscience" by Dale Purves)

Your autonomic nervous system is a network of nerves that handle unconscious tasks like heartbeat and breathing. It’s a key part of your body’s survival processes.

The key difference between sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system is that the sympathetic nervous system is responsible for controlling the body's

Get introduced to both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system and their role in emotional arousal.

Before we can begin to heal our nervous system, we first have to learn what is a dysregulated nervous system. We will how our nervous system has different processes to keep us safe and common responses to trauma.Then we will get into nervous system dysregulation and symptoms of a dysregulated nervo

Sympathetic nervous system vector scientific illustration

Many organs are controlled primarily by either the sympathetic or the parasympathetic division. Sometimes the two divisions have opposite effects on the same organ. For example, the sympathetic division increases blood pressure, and the parasympathetic division decreases it. Learn more.