The polyvagal collection of hypotheses is based upon five essential premises, as stated by
its author (Porges, 2011). Polyvagal conjectures rest on a primary assumption that the …

Although there is a consistent literature documenting that vagal cardioinhibitory pathways
support homeostatic functions, another less frequently cited literature implicates vagal …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a constant and chronic narrowing of the
respiratory airways, with numerous associated symptoms, not always related to the …

Each organism must regulate its internal state in a metabolically efficient way as it interacts
in space and time with an ever-changing and only partly predictable world. Success in this …

The classification of fibromyalgia (FM) is not always immediate and simple, with the time
from the first diagnosis, compared to the onset of symptoms, of a few years. Currently, we do …

It is possible for the non-motor symptoms (NMS) of Parkinson's disease (PD), which include
constipation, sleep difficulties, and olfactory impairments, to appear up to 20 years before …

Polyvagal theory advocates for working with the body, becoming aware of the body and
connecting with the senses. Similarly, paying attention to and influencing one's physical and …

Background In posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), physiological reactions during trauma
scripts have been anchored to the diagnosis. According to the construct of research domain …

Linchpin to the entire area of psychophysiological research and discussion of the vagus is
the respiratory and cardiovascular phenomenon known as respiratory sinus arrhythmia …

Vagal afferent neuronal somas are in the nodose and jugular ganglia. In this study, we
identified extraganglionic neurons in whole‐mount preparations of the vagus nerves from …