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Erschienen in: Current Cardiology Reports 12/2023

23.11.2023 | Nuclear Cardiology (V Dilsizian, Section Editor)

The Brain–Heart Axis: Neuroinflammatory Interactions in Cardiovascular Disease

verfasst von: Jiun-Ruey Hu, Ahmed Abdullah, Michael G. Nanna, Robert Soufer

Erschienen in: Current Cardiology Reports | Ausgabe 12/2023

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

The role of neuroimmune modulation and inflammation in cardiovascular disease has been historically underappreciated. Physiological connections between the heart and brain, termed the heart-brain axis (HBA), are bidirectional, occur through a complex network of autonomic nerves/hormones and cytokines, and play important roles in common disorders.

Recent Findings

At the molecular level, advances in the past two decades reveal complex crosstalk mediated by the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, the renin-angiotensin aldosterone and hypothalamus-pituitary axes, microRNA, and cytokines. Afferent pathways amplify proinflammatory signals via the hypothalamus and brainstem to the periphery, promoting neurogenic inflammation. At the organ level, while stress-mediated cardiomyopathy is the prototypical disorder of the HBA, cardiac dysfunction can result from a myriad of neurologic insults including stroke and spinal injury. Atrial fibrillation is not necessarily a causative factor for cardioembolic stroke, but a manifestation of an abnormal atrial substrate, which can lead to the development of stroke independent of AF.

Summary

Central and peripheral neurogenic proinflammatory factors have major roles in the HBA, manifesting as complex bi-directional relationships in common conditions such as stroke, arrhythmia, and cardiomyopathy.
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Metadaten
Titel
The Brain–Heart Axis: Neuroinflammatory Interactions in Cardiovascular Disease
verfasst von
Jiun-Ruey Hu
Ahmed Abdullah
Michael G. Nanna
Robert Soufer
Publikationsdatum
23.11.2023
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Current Cardiology Reports / Ausgabe 12/2023
Print ISSN: 1523-3782
Elektronische ISSN: 1534-3170
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-023-01990-8

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