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The polyvagal theory: phylogenetic substrates of a social nervous system

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From this phylogenetic orientation, the polyvagal theory proposes a biological basis for social behavior and an intervention strategy to enhance positive social behavior.
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This article is published in International Journal of Psychophysiology.The article was published on 2001-10-01. It has received 1266 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Polyvagal Theory & Autonomic nervous system.

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Prenatal Aspects in Alzheimer's Disease

TL;DR: In this paper, a prenatal emotion-oriented care sensorimotor relaxation (snoezelen) is used to reduce anxiety in Alzheimer's disease patients, where the patient is given an environment that reflects the characteristics of a womb, and the nursing staff's approach should be to symbolize the 'good-enough' mother.
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus: A Psychological Study of Unrepaired Shame:

TL;DR: How Shelley's insight—that lack of love creates a monster living in shame— is being confirmed by neuroscience and how this is exemplified in two characters—the creature and Victor Frankenstein is described.
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Cardiac autonomic changes in epilepsy

TL;DR: A better understanding of the autonomic manifestations of seizures would provide practical added value to clinical epileptologists dealing with differential diagnosis of epilepsy and related disorders, as well as aiding in designing more sensitive seizure detection and prediction algorithms.
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Associations between parent-infant interactions, cortisol and vagal regulation in infants, and socioemotional outcomes: A systematic review.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examined associations between parent-infant interactions and physiological measures of emotion regulation in children aged 0-24 months and examined the association between these physiological measures and children's socioemotional outcomes.
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A női funkcionális meddőség evolúciós értelmezése = The evolutionary interpretation of female functional infertility

Gábor Szendi
TL;DR: A meddőseg igen nagy szazaleka azonban psziches faktorokra, mint stresszre, depressziora, traumatizaltsagra, rejtett hazastarsi konfliktusokra vezethető vissza as discussed by the authors.
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The autonomic nervous system

J. N. Langley
- 01 Jan 1903 - 
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Orienting in a defensive world: Mammalian modifications of our evolutionary heritage. A Polyvagal Theory

TL;DR: The Polyvagal Theory is introduced to explain the different functions of the two primary medullary source nuclei of the vagus and speculates that mammalian, but not reptilian, brainstem organization is characterized by a ventral vagal complex related to processes associated with attention, motion, emotion, and communication.
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Neuroendocrine perspectives on social attachment and love

TL;DR: A review of existing behavioral and neuroendocrine perspectives on social attachment and love reveals a recurrent association between high levels of activity in the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis and the subsequent expression of social behaviors and attachments.
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The organization of noradrenergic pathways from the brainstem to the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei in the rat

TL;DR: The autoradiographic material, and additional double-labeling experiments, were used to identify and to characterize projections that interconnect the A1, A2 and A6 regions, as well as possible projections from these cell groups to the spinal cord.
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