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 ...

A recent study has demonstrated what a first-of-its-kind integrated map of heart cells can reveal about cardiac fibrosis. Researchers at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (Darlinghurst, ...

The heart's primary function is to pump blood to all parts of the body, bringing nutrients and oxygen to tissues and removing waste products from them. Even when our body is at rest, our tissues ...

For the first time, scientists have produced the “cardiac proteome,” a map of all of the tens of thousands of proteins contributing to the success of every single heartbeat. The new map provides an ...

Cost-effective screening tool The ECGI vest developed at UCL, worn by a medical student. (Courtesy: UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science/James Tye) A reusable vest that generates high-resolution ...

In a new study, published today (12 July) in Nature, researchers have produced the most detailed and comprehensive human Heart Cell Atlas to date, including the specialised tissue of the cardiac ...

Researchers have produced the most detailed and comprehensive human Heart Cell Atlas to date, including the specialized tissue of the cardiac conduction system -- where the heartbeat originates. In a ...