Lots of posts lately, a frequent side effect of an upcoming presentation. This data represents parasympathetic or vagal activity only in a patient who comes in a bit sporadically for anxiety and allergies. She finds the ear stim helpful
Abstract Psychosom Med. 2015 May;77(4):346-55. Higher vagal activity as related to survival in patients with advanced breast cancer: an analysis of autonomic dysregulation. Giese-Davis J1, Wilhelm FH, Tamagawa R, Palesh O, Neri E, Taylor CB, Kraemer HC, Spiegel D. Author
Yes. Mice do get depressed when you have them in an unpredictable environment. Acupuncture worked as well as fluoxitine and lowered serum inflammatory markers. Inflammation seems to affect everything. Inflammation is highly affected by vagal activity. Vagal activity is measured
Found this while researching my upcoming talk on using HRV analysis in the clinic. I’m going to try to focus my talk on results in allergy patients since immune function and inflammation are a major interest of mine right now.
