People can control the heart

Medical experts at the Swedish Karolinska Institute, in collaboration with German and Dutch colleagues, found a new group of neurons in the brain, regulating cardiovascular functions, such as heart rate and blood pressure.

Brain cells are involved in controlling the activity of the heart. (Illustration)

They determined that these cells, as well as neurons, are formed in the brain by the hormones of the thyroid gland. People whose function of the thyroid gland is malfunctioning causes those neurons to be affected to appear at high risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.

It was previously thought that thyroid hormones only affect the heart. But new studies by the discovery of these neurons show that they also have indirect effects.

Jensa Mittag, author of the study and chairman of the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at Karolinska Institute, said: 'This finding allows us to find a completely new method to treat cardiovascular diseases. , such as hypertension. But not now. '

According to him, the team's new finding has great significance in the diagnosis and treatment of women with hypothyroidism during pregnancy, because if low thyroid hormone is very harmful to neuron formation. in the fetus. Consequently, children born with high risk of cardiovascular diseases at a high level.