Axial Organ (AxO): A Position Paper on Definition, Boundaries, and Functional Organization
SPP Institute Position Papers, No. 2 · 14 September 2026 · With Kateřina Živná · DOI
People
Boris Živný
Founder and Director, SPP Institute
Series Editor, SPP Institute Position Papers
Profile
Research and publishing role
Boris Živný is Founder and Director of SPP Institute and a Series Editor of SPP Institute Position Papers. His work focuses on clinically grounded, empirically testable frameworks linking somatic structural–functional integrity, afferent signaling, autonomic regulation, and neurodevelopment.
He is the author of the Somato-Psychic Pathway and Persistent Afferent Bias papers and co-author of SPP Institute Position Papers Nos. 1 and 2.
Publications
Published work
Axial Block (AxB): A Position Paper on Definition, Terminology, and Pathophysiology
SPP Institute Position Papers, No. 1 · 2026 · DOI
Persistent Afferent Bias: a mechanistic link between somatic disruption and autonomic dysregulation
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience · 2026 · DOI
Somato-Psychic Pathway: a universal developmental trajectory linking somatic structural–functional integrity, autonomic regulation, and the emergence of mind
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience · 2026 · DOI
Conference outputs
Conference presentations
Autonomic Imbalance as an Organizing Principle of Mental Functioning and Development: A Developmental Extension of the Somato-Psychic Pathway
AACPDM 80th Annual Meeting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · Poster SP161 · Presented 29 September 2026.
Veronika Živná (presenting author) and Boris Živný.
Somatic and Autonomic Dysregulation as Pathophysiological Constraints on Higher Brain Function — Neuropsychological Outcomes After Manual Therapy for Axial Dysfunction with Secondary Autonomic Dysregulation: Results from 135 Children in Two Cohorts Aged 2–6 and 6–12 Years
June 2026 · American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology 2026 Annual Conference · Baltimore, Maryland, United States. With Veronika Živná.
Axial Dysfunction and Neuropsychological Outcomes in Children: Effects of Noninvasive Treatment — Neuropsychological Outcomes After Manual Therapy for Axial Dysfunction with Secondary Autonomic Dysregulation: Results from 159 Children in Two Cohorts Aged 2–6 and 6–12 Years
May 2026 · American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting · San Antonio, Texas, United States. With Veronika Živná.
Somato-Psychic Syndrome and Somato-Psychic Autonomic Dysregulation as a Pathophysiological Bridge Between Body and Mind
November 2025 · 45th Annual Conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology · Los Angeles, California, United States. With Veronika Živná.
Somato-Psychic Syndrome (SPS) and Somato-Psychic Autonomic Dysregulation (SPAD) as a Pathophysiological Bridge Between Body and Mind
May 2025 · Body–Mind Unity Congress (BMU 2025) · Prague, Czech Republic. With Veronika Živná.
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