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Aug 2026
Vagal pathways and heart rate variability in recovery after caesarean delivery: a framework for multimodal autonomic-immune phenotyping
Recovery after caesarean delivery involves interacting inflammatory, autonomic, neuroendocrine, nociceptive and psychosocial processes. This Mini Review examines whether vagal pathways and heart rate variability (HRV) can provide a mechanistic and measurable framework for studying that recovery. The inflammatory reflex...
Yi Zhang, Shuang Guo, Qingjun Zeng et al.
· Frontiers in Physiology · 0 citations