Brain-heart interactions: Physiology and clinical implications

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 374, Issue 2067, 2016, Pages

  Silvani, Alessandro ^a   Calandra Buonaura, Giovanna ^a,b   Dampney, Roger A L ^c   Cortelli, Pietro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Brain heart interactions; Human disease; Physiology

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIAC FUNCTIONS; CLINICAL SETTINGS; HUMAN DISEASE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

HEART;

BRAIN;

BRAIN;

EID: 84962653784     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2015.0181     Document Type: Review

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