Friday, January 24, 2025

When the brain speaks, the heart feels it—the link between the brain’s reward system and acute myocardial infarction

Effects of VTA activation on left-ventricular function after AMI. Credit: Nature Cardiovascular Research (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44161-024-00491-3 Research by the Technion has demonstrated that activation of the brain’s reward system could boost recovery from a heart attack. The research, which was conducted at the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, was led by Ph.D. student Hedva Haykin under the supervision of Prof. Asya Rolls and Prof. Lior Gepstein. The Technion research group focused on the reward system, a brain network activated in positive emotional states and motivation and evaluated its potential in improving recovery from acute myocardial infarction (AMI) (commonly Read More

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