1, Psychological stress also involves the sympathetic nervous system, and stress has the same effect as a cold shower, Montague says.

2, Under acute stress, the body's sympathetic nervous system prepares the body for sustained, vigorous action.

3, Toning down a jumpy sympathetic nervous system will encourage a balanced sleep/wake cycle in perimenopausal women, says Dr. Yan-Go.

4, When the Body temperature rises, the sympathetic nervous system stimulates eccrine sweat glands to secrete water to the skin surface, where it cools the Body by evaporation.

5, When something frightening happens, the sympathetic nervous system makes the heart beat faster so that it sends blood more quickly to the different body parts that might need it.

6, Eccrine sweat glands, controlled by the sympathetic nervous system, use evaporation to cool the skin by secreting water when body temperature rises.

7, The sympathetic nervous system prepares the body for sudden stress, like if you see a robbery taking place.

8, Bipolar disorders also heighten the activity of the sympathetic nervous system, which sets off the fight-or-flight response to stress.

9, The sympathetic nervous system plays a conspicuous role in regulating cardiovascular function.

10, The sympathetic nervous system—a web of nerves and neurons running through the spinal cord and spread to virtually every organ in the body—is responsible for arousal and excitement.

11, She says rapid breathing is controlled by the sympathetic nervous system.

12, Neuroblastoma is a malignant condition of the developing sympathetic nervous system that most commonly affects young children and is often lethal. Its cause is not known.

13, The preganglionic neurons of the sympathetic nervous system have their cell bodies in the thoracic and lumbar regions of the spinal cord,(http:///sympathetic nervous system.html) termed the thoracolumbar division.

14, The sympathetic nervous system kicks in when a car cuts you off on the highway; the parasympathetic system is in charge as you're falling asleep.

15, This works by blocking the chemical responsible for sending signals from the sympathetic nervous system to the sweat glands.

16, That is, it works in a control center for the sympathetic nervous system in the brain.

17, One theory suggests that slowing breathing has a direct impact on the sympathetic nervous system, which helps control blood flow and skin temperature, blocking some of the pain response.

18, Exposure to cold water or air makes your penis shrink. That's a function of the sympathetic nervous system.

19, Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is a marker of performance of the excitability of Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) and Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS).

20, Heart Rate Variability is a marker of performance of the excitability of Sympathetic Nervous System and Parasympathetic Nervous System.

21, The conscious mind is complicit in it, but a lot of sexual arousal goes on in the sympathetic nervous system.

22, The penis is "kind of a barometer of the sympathetic nervous system," Montague says.

23, I think that just knowing you hold the helm of your sympathetic nervous system (which rings the alarm bells of panic in your brain) is going to give you some relief and empower you.