A new study investigated whether patients with a rare condition in which major internal organs are reversed from their normal ...

A newly discovered pathway between the heart and brain may explain why healthy people faint. The pathway appears to carry signals from the heart's lower pumping chambers to an area of the ...

Share on Pinterest Experts say people with heart conditions should be monitored for changes in their brain’s vascular system. Eleganza/Getty Images Researchers report that silent brain ...

New research from Karolinska Institutet and Columbia University shows that the heart has a mini-brain - its own nervous system that controls the heartbeat. A better understanding of this system ...

The researchers theorize that the activation of neurons that link the heart and brain can induce a fainting spell. "This is the first step to show there is much more to fainting than just reduced ...

The heart has long been thought to be controlled solely by the autonomic nervous system, which transmits signals from the brain. The heart's neural network, which is embedded in the superficial ...

It was understood that the heart simply received instructions from the brain which in turn regulated the heartbeat. However, this groundbreaking study showed that the heart’s nervous system is ...