Talk:Parasympathetic rebound

Its an overreaction to intense emotion.

I explained the detailed regulatory circuit failure of the vegetative nervous system and typical body reactions associated with parasympathetic rebound. As I wasn't particularly convinced by the single source given in order to "prove" that the same effect causes heartattacs of soldiers and I couldn't find other sources, I removed this comment. Please provide more/common sources if you disagree.... Pacman 2.0 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:20, 30 January 2012 (UTC).

"Scared to death"?
I know this stems from pure fiction, but I saw an old episode of the English TV show, Midsommer Murders. It's generally a realistic show within its context. Tonight's final death was said by the coroner to have been, he surmised, from "parasympathetic rebound". Because the victim was terrified, he had an intense fear response: the sympathetic nervous system stimulated adrenaline, noradrenaline, resulting in an increased heart rate and blood pressure. When the parasympathetic nervous system rebounded its way into the picture (the character didn't mention an attempt at homeostasis, but it sounded like that)), the heart rate and blood pressure plummeted, in this "case" to the point of cardiac shock and death. True? Less than true? Possible? Not? Thank you, Wordreader (talk) 08:24, 3 December 2016 (UTC)


 * I just read an article here on WP called Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, which sounds a whole lot like this condition. How does Parasympathetic Rebound differ from that condition? If it does not, then the articles should be merged and perhaps PR requests sent there? Thank you & Happy New Year Wordreader (talk) 07:29, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Doesn't exist
I've emailed a neurophysiologist friend who has never heard of this phenomenon. I think its provenance is very doubtful. I've posted on WT:MED about it; if nobody is aware of secondary sources we should send this to AFD. JFW &#124; T@lk  11:55, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I've been unable to find any reputable secondary sources. I support the suggestion of deletion. Natureium (talk) 02:15, 26 December 2016 (UTC)