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parasympathetic nervous system
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parasympathetic nervous system: see nervous system nervous system, network of specialized tissue that controls actions and reactions of the body and its adjustment to the environment. Virtually all members of the animal kingdom have at least a rudimentary nervous system.
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Antisialagogues are frequently used alone or in combination with other forms of therapy; these anticholinergic drugs act on the cholinergic, parasympathetic, secretomotor neurons of the gland and cause a temporary reduction in salivary output.
Viral antigen was most frequently found in cardiac myocytes, parasympathetic ganglia in the submucosal and muscular plexus of the small intestines, and numerous cell types in the brain, including glial cells, ependymal cells, endothelial cells, neurons, and gitter cells.
It has been reported that particles can affect both sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems directly immediately after exposures (Kodavanti et al.
 
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