Can the vagus nerve serve as biomarker for vata dosha activity?

This ‘discussion paper’ raises ‘provocative questions’ to identify physiological systems underlying vata dosha and candidate biomarkers for vata activity. We explained the strong correlations between survival and homeostatic functions of the parasympathetic vagus nerve, and functions governed by the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Venil N. Sumantran, Pratibha P. Nair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975947619300920