The first node sits in the peripheral nervous system. Sensory neurons in the vagus nerve detect damage in the heart and send signals upward. The researchers focused on a subset of vagal sensory ...

Arteries become clogged. Blood flow is restricted and oxygen is cut off. The result is a heart attack, the world's leading ...

The term bradycardia refers to an abnormally slow heart rate, of under 60 beats per minute (bpm). The heart has a complex system of nerves that conduct the electrical impulses fired by the sino-atrial ...

With few exceptions, peripheral innervation patterns are established during embryogenesis and are then maintained unchanged for the rest of life. A fundamental goal in neurodevelopmental biology is to ...