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When The Sympathetic Is On,is The Parasympathetic Off?

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    No.  Although they have opposing effects in specific aspects of physiology they are both modified independently.  You can think of it like driving a car with one foot on the brake and one on the gas at the same time.


    Adjustments are constantly made to each, but both are being used simultaneously.

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