Credit: SciTechDaily.comScientists at the UNC School of Medicine, WVU School of Medicine and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology discovered that particular nerve cells in the brain are actively involved in processing heart and breathing signals.The human brain continuously receives details from the body, particularly from internal organs such as the heart and lungs. Now, researchers are investigating how exactly the brain processes the inbound stream of information from the heart and lungs, leading to a more comprehensive understanding of brain-body integration and the resulting health or disease.Groundbreaking Findings in NeurosciencePublishing their work in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), co-senior authors Vibhor Krishna, MD, associate teacher of neurosurgery at the UNC School of Medicine; Ali Rezai, MD, director of the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and associate dean of neuroscience at the West Virginia School of Medicine; and Olaf Blanke, MD, PhD, director of the laboratory of cognitive neuroscience at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, found that particular neurons in the thalamus are actively included in processing heart and respiratory signals. We have actually been interested in discovering how the human brain achieves the integration of cardio-respiratory info and whether its breakdown is connected to any conditions of the brain, heart, or lungs observed in the center.
Credit: SciTechDaily.comScientists at the UNC School of Medicine, WVU School of Medicine and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology found that particular neurons in the brain are actively included in processing respiratory and heart signals.The human brain continuously receives details from the body, particularly from internal organs such as the heart and lungs. Now, scientists are examining how precisely the brain processes the inbound stream of information from the heart and lungs, leading to a wider understanding of brain-body combination and the resulting health or disease.Groundbreaking Findings in NeurosciencePublishing their work in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), co-senior authors Vibhor Krishna, MD, associate professor of neurosurgery at the UNC School of Medicine; Ali Rezai, MD, director of the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and associate dean of neuroscience at the West Virginia School of Medicine; and Olaf Blanke, MD, PhD, director of the laboratory of cognitive neuroscience at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, found that particular neurons in the thalamus are actively involved in processing respiratory and cardiac signals. We have actually been interested in discovering how the human brain achieves the integration of cardio-respiratory details and whether its breakdown is linked to any conditions of the brain, heart, or lungs observed in the clinic.