Mental stress and human cardiovascular disease.

Volume: 74, Issue: 74, Pages: 269 - 276
Published: Mar 1, 2017
Abstract
The London physician and neuroanatomist Thomas Willis in the 17th century correctly attributed the source of emotions to the brain, not the heart as believed in antiquity. Contemporary research documents the phenomenon of triggered heart disease, when the autonomic nervous system control of the heart by the brain goes awry, producing heart disease of sudden onset, precipitated by acute emotional upheaval. This can take the form of, variously,...
Paper Details
Title
Mental stress and human cardiovascular disease.
Published Date
Mar 1, 2017
Volume
74
Issue
74
Pages
269 - 276
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