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 ...

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 ...

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, ...