A complex interaction exists between the nervous and cardiovascular systems. A large
network of cortical and subcortical brain regions control cardiovascular function via the …

The brain controls the heart directly through the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches
of the autonomic nervous system, which consists of multi-synaptic pathways from myocardial …

Areas distributed throughout the neuraxis, including the anterior insula, anterior cingulate
cortex (ACC), amygdala, hypothalamus, periaqueductal gray matter, parabrachial nucleus …

Neurocardiology is an emerging specialty that addresses the interaction between the brain
and the heart, that is, the effects of cardiac injury on the brain and the effects of brain injury …

The progression of heart disease is associated with changes in the neurohumoral
mechanisms that control cardiac function. The degree to which this neurohumoral …

ABSTRACT The Brain-Heart interaction is becoming increasingly important as the
underlying pathophysiological mechanisms become better understood.“Neurocardiology” is …

Cardiac function is under the control of the autonomic nervous system, composed by the
parasympathetic and sympathetic divisions, which are finely tuned at different hierarchical …

Cardiovascular diseases are traditionally related to well known risk factors like dyslipidemia,
smoking, diabetes and hypertension. More recently, stress, anxiety and depression have …

The electrocardiogram changes and cardiac arrhythmias frequently encountered after stroke
are not solely explicable by concomitant ischemic cardiac disease. Excessive …

This review examines current knowledge of the effects of higher brain centres and
autonomic control loops on the heart with particular relevance to arrhythmogenesis. There is …