Full Title
PNEI REVIEW
Publisher
FrancoAngeli
ISSN
2532-6147 (Printed Journal)
2532-2826 (Online Journal)
Journal Issue Number
1
Journal Issue Designation
1
Journal Issue Date
2022
Full Title
La funzione vagale: un link fra psiche, cervello e corpo
By (author)
First Page
20
Last Page
37
Language of text
Italian
Publication Date
2022/04
Copyright
2022 FrancoAngeli srl
Introduction or preface
Il nervo vago influenza i nostri stati psicologici e la flessibilità delle risposte adattative alle sollecitazioni ambientali e modula la regolazione dinamica dei sistemi biologici coinvolti nell'allostasi. L'output vagale è modulato dall'attività coordinata di strutture cerebrali fra loro interconnesse a formare una rete gerarchica multi-livello, il central autonomic network (CAN), che realizza l'integrazione neuroviscerale tramite anelli multipli di retroazione iterativa centro-periferia (cervello-corpo) operanti a vari livelli di complessità nel nevrasse; ogni livello gerarchico della rete elabora e integra nuovi tipi di informazione rispetto al livello precedente, e contribuisce in maniera più flessibile e contesto-specifica alla modulazione del tono vagale. L'output vagale si associa ad una varietà di processi neuropsichici, come gli stati affettivi, la regolazione delle emozioni, le funzioni esecutive. La compromissione della funzione vagale, associata a bassi indici di variabilità della frequenza cardiaca (HRV), si accompagna a rigidità delle risposte psicofisiologiche, disregolazione dei processi allostatici e all'incremento del rischio per patologie mediche e neuropsichiatriche.
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