Wednesday, May 27, 2020
the heart's 'brain'
via Endgadget
"Our hearts are primarily controlled by the brain and autonomic nervous system, but we also have a backup. The heart has its own mini-brain called the intracardiac nervous system (ICN), which fine tunes external autonomic signals and keeps the heart pumping smoothly. Its proper function is essential for good health and disease protection, but the problem is that scientists have a poor understanding of how it works. For the first time, researchers from Thomas Jefferson University have been able to show its structure in stunning 3D detail"
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