Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous... Psalm 139:14 NLT
Your workmanship is marvelous... Psalm 139:14 NLT
"A new research study shows the existence of a connection between
atherosclerotic plaques and the central nervous system.
---This previously
unknown “circuit” involves three systemically acting tissues,
*the immune
system,
*the nervous system,
*and the cardiovascular system.
This
crosstalk is functional as interference into the nervous system affects
atherosclerosis progression as demonstrated in experimental models.
Importantly, the connective tissue surrounding arteries is rich in nerve
fibers that establish a direct connection
between the plaque and the brain. In fact, this adventitia tissue is
used by the nervous system as main conduit to reach all organs
throughout the body.
Then researchers reconstructed the entire path of
nerve fibers, up to the central nervous system. “At this point —
continues Carnevale — we were able to see that signals coming from the
plaque, once they reach the brain, influence the autonomic nervous
system through the vagus nerve (the one portion of the nervous system
controlling most of our organs and visceral functions, ed) down to the
spleen. Here, specific immune cells are activated and enter the blood
circulation, leading to the progression of the plaques themselves.”
It
is a real circuit, defined by the authors as “ABC” or “artery-brain
circuit.” Like all circuits, it can be disconnected or modulated. “We
performed further experiments — adds the professor — by interrupting
nerve connections towards the spleen. In this way, impulses on the
immune cells present in this organ are interrupted. The result of this
therapeutic interruption is that plaques in the arteries not only slowed
their growth, but stabilized making the disease less severe.” SciTechDaily
