Psychotherapy and Psychological Support for Severe Heart Conditions
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of death around the world and in most developed countries are the major causes of disability among elderly people.
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Brain and Heart Dynamics
Brain and Heart Dynamics
Stefano Govoni • Pierluigi Politi Emilio Vanoli Editors
Brain and Heart Dynamics With 73 Figures and 48 Tables
Editors Stefano Govoni Department of Drug Sciences Section of Pharmacology University of Pavia Pavia, Italy
Pierluigi Politi Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences University of Pavia Pavia, Italy
Emilio Vanoli Department of Molecular Medicine University of Pavia Pavia, Italy
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Preface
Donatella said: “I’d like you all to write about how brain and heart talk to each other.” Pierluigi replayed by saying: “OK, I can collect a group of experts able to describe many, if not all, aspects of psyche and heart and how the first can drive the second.” Stefano added: “I can collect a group of experts describing all aspects of brain activity, pharmacology and the cardiovascular consequences of central neural disorders.” Being the cardiologist of the trio, Emilio felt like he was bound to be the target of the cross neural firing coming from above but he thought of the many years of great learning in neuro-cardiology. Emilio’s looping up was then: “Well guys, I’ll tell you how the heart is driving you both! The heart as a ‘sensing organ’ this is what I had learned from my great mentors who still guide me with their restless scientific life .” And this is how our great venture started. The und
