Heart nerves (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Heart nerves

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This image illustrates the novel role of heart nerves in postnatal hearts where sympathetic neurons influence clock genes to regulate cell cycle progression of heart muscle cells.

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Photo courtesy of Emmanouil Tampakakis

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