The heart has a ‘little brain’ — and it protects against stress
One set of neurons helps the heart (pictured, heart of a mouse) to keep beating steadily and another…
Why is heart cancer so rare? The pumping muscle ‘beats’ it
Credit: zsv3207/Getty The beating of the heart stops cancers from growing in this organ in mice, reports a…
Damage from a heart attack comes from brain signals, mouse study suggests
Heart damage caused by a myocardial infarction is exacerbated by activation of a heart–brain–immune axis.Credit: Sevolod Zviryk/Science Photo…
Association of air pollution exposure and genetic susceptibility with increased risk of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection
Carrel, T., Sundt, T. M. 3rd, von Kodolitsch, Y. & Czerny, M. Acute aortic dissection. Lancet 401, 773–788…