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ergotropic
[ur′gōtrop′ik]
1 pertaining to an activity or work state involving somatic muscle, sympathetic nervous system, and cortical alpha rhythm activity.
2 pertaining to the administration of medications or other therapies to energize the power of the body's blood and other tissues to resist infections.


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The dual physiological mechanisms can be conceptualized as the two directions in which consciousness can be altered: the ergotropic pathway of increasing arousal through sympathetic nervous system activation, culminating in the extreme of mystical ecstasy, and the trophotropic pathway of decreasing arousal through parasympathetic nervous system activation, culminating in deep trance (Fischer, 1971).
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