over the other depends on the parameter measured (eg, heart rate, blood pressure) and the
timing of the observations in relation to the stressor (eg, early events tend to be dominated …

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 …

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

Neuroanatomic connections between the brain and the heart provide links that allow cardiac
arrhythmias to occur in response to brain activation. Recognition and analysis of such links …

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

Despite recent therapeutic advances, the prognosis for patients with heart failure remains
dismal. Unchecked neurohumoral excitation is a critical element in the progressive clinical …

Autonomic functions, such as increased sympathetic and parasympathetic activity and the
brain's suprachiasmatic nucleus, higher nervous centres, depression, hostility and …

The electrical field of the heart propagates throughout the entire body and causes changes
in the surface potentials on the scalp that are superimposed on brain electric signals. When …

Heartbeat perception has become the most widely studied example of visceral perception. In
the present study scalp potentials contingent to the visceral event “heartbeat” were …

The influence of psychological stress on the physiology of the cardiovascular system, and on
the etiology and outcomes of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been the object of intense …