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Your body performs an automatic double inhalation every five minutes to keep your lungs from deflating and to calibrate your nervous system.
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Discovered at the beginning of the 21st century, this neuroimmune circuit shows how the nervous system silences hyperactive defenses in a matter of minutes.
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Inherited from aquatic ancestors, this involuntary circuit plunges your heart rate and neutralizes stress in seconds thanks to the trigeminal nerve.
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Far from being just an expression of boredom or relief, sighing is a vital automatic reflex that prevents the microscopic collapse of our respiratory system.
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Until recently, we believed the digestive system only sent slow messages through hormones, but science discovered a direct, ultra-fast neural network.
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Biomedical discoveries reveal that the nervous system can shut down out-of-control immune responses through bioelectric impulses.