Homeostatic role of the parasympathetic nervous system in human behavior / Aurélien Pichon and Didier Chapelot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pichon, Aurélien.

Contributor:

Chapelot, Didier.

Series:

Neuroscience research progress series.

Neuroscience research progress series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parasympathetic nervous system.

Homeostasis.

Fatigue.

Hunger.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (60 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It was recently proposed that respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) reflects the ability of the organism to integrate behavioural and metabolic demands, improving its homeostasis efficiency. Since the various anatomical and functional levels of the vagus nerve provide the conceptual basis of this allostatic model, it was designed under the name of the polyvagal theory. Therefore, altered RSA responses to various challenges could help to detect some dysfunctional states. The putative homeostatic roles of this vagal loop i.e., afferent and efferent pathways are reviewed here, in the domain of various psychological and behavioural homeostasis. Evaluation of the autonomic activity was issued from the temporal and frequency domain analyses of heart rate variability (HRV). For the purpose of preventing over-training, a heuristic sequential psychological and sympathovagal evolution is proposed, called the multistage psycho-autonomic model of adaptation to training (MPAMAT).

Contents:

Intro

HOMEOSTATIC ROLE OF THE PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION

Chapter 2 PARASYMPATHETIC ACTIVITY AND FATIGUE

2.1. Parasympathetic Activity and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

2.1.1. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Autonomic Imbalance

2.1.2. Psychometric Assessment of Fatigue in CFS and Relation with Autonomic Imbalance

2.2. Parasympathetic Activity and Overtraining

2.2.1. Overtraining Syndrome and Autonomic Imbalance

2.2.3. Mood Alterations and Relation with Autonomic Imbalance

2.3. The Multistage Psychoautonomic Model of Adaptation to Training

Chapter 3 PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AND EATING BEHAVIOR

3.1. HRV as a Method of Assessing Postprandial Sympathovagal Balance

3.2. Prandial Pattern and the Problem of Meal Definition

3.3. Cephalic Phase Reflexes

3.3.1. Cephalic Phases Reflexes: Roles and Mechanisms

3.3.2. Cephalic Phase of Insulin Release

3.4. Lipoprivic Feeding

3.5. Putative Role of the Parasympathetic Nervous System in Eating Behavior: The Lessons of Subdiaphragmatic Vagal Deafferentation

Conclusion

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [27]-41) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61728-234-0

OCLC:

697174429