HOMEOSTATIC ROLE OF THE PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR -- HOMEOSTATIC ROLE OF THE PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 PARASYMPATHETIC ACTIVITY AND FATIGUE -- 2.1. Parasympathetic Activity and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- 2.1.1. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Autonomic Imbalance -- 2.1.2. Psychometric Assessment of Fatigue in CFS and Relation with Autonomic Imbalance -- 2.2. Parasympathetic Activity and Overtraining -- 2.2.1. Overtraining Syndrome and Autonomic Imbalance -- 2.2.3. Mood Alterations and Relation with Autonomic Imbalance -- 2.3. The Multistage Psychoautonomic Model of Adaptation to Training -- Chapter 3 PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AND EATING BEHAVIOR -- 3.1. HRV as a Method of Assessing Postprandial Sympathovagal Balance -- 3.2. Prandial Pattern and the Problem of Meal Definition -- 3.3. Cephalic Phase Reflexes -- 3.3.1. Cephalic Phases Reflexes: Roles and Mechanisms -- 3.3.2. Cephalic Phase of Insulin Release -- 3.4. Lipoprivic Feeding -- 3.5. Putative Role of the Parasympathetic Nervous System in Eating Behavior: The Lessons of Subdiaphragmatic Vagal Deafferentation -- Conclusion -- References -- Index