When someone collapses or suddenly becomes confused, most people think "medical emergency". But do they know whether it's a heart attack or a stroke? Both can be deadly and disabling, yet they target ...

We explore the connection between the heart and brain — how an irregular cardiac rhythm can increase the risk of stroke and how even simple movement like walking can protect the brain.

Some say, “go with your gut”, others say, “measure 9 times, cut once”. Either sounds familiar? If so, you might be a very logical or a very emotion-driven person. But let’s be honest, many of us are ...

After a heart attack, the heart “talks” to the brain. And that conversation may make recovery worse. Shutting down nerve cells that send messages from injured heart cells to the brain boosted the ...

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, which ...

The prevalence of congenital heart disease points to the need for a better understanding of how it influences neurodevelopment. New in JNeurosci, Jung-Hoon Kim and Catherine Limperopoulos, from ...