This review highlights the links between psychological stress and the neurocircuitry of cardiac-brain interactions leading to arrhythmias. The role of efferent and afferent connections in the heart-brain axis is considered, with the mechanisms by which emotional responses promote arrhythmias illustrated by inherited cardiac conditions. Novel therapeutic targets for intervention in the autonomic nervous system are considered.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10753407 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcad144 | DOI Listing |
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