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ReviewJournal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2024

Heart-brain axis: Pushing the boundaries of cardiovascular molecular imaging.

Maria Khalil, Hui Chong Lau, James T Thackeray, Nidaa Mikail, Catherine Gebhard, Arshed A Quyyumi, Frank M Bengel, J Douglas Bremner, Viola Vaccarino, Ahmed Tawakol and 1 more

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Review in Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. How organs react under fasting or glucose-insulin status: a self-controlled study usingEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026
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  4. CD38 connects the heart and brain.Translational psychiatry · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Maria KhalilCardiovascular Imaging Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Hui Chong LauCardiovascular Imaging Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
James T ThackerayDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Nidaa MikailDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Center for Molecular Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland.
Catherine GebhardDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Center for Molecular Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland; Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Arshed A QuyyumiDepartment of Medicine (Cardiology), Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Frank M BengelDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
J Douglas BremnerDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, GA, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Viola VaccarinoDepartment of Medicine (Cardiology), Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Ahmed TawakolCardiovascular Imaging Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Michael T OsborneCardiovascular Imaging Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: mosborne@mgh.harvard.edu.

Funding

Spousal Influences on Subclinical and Clinical Vascular and Myocardial DiseaseP01HL154996 · NHLBI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2022 to 2025
$6.9M
Stress perception and cardiovascular immunologyP01HL131478 · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · 2025 to 2025
$2.3M
Non-Invasive Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Patients with Opioid Use DisordersUH3DA048502 · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2025 to 2025
$1.9M
Emory Specialized Center of Research Excellence (SCORE) on Sex DifferencesU54AG062334 · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2025 to 2025
$1.5M
Investigation of Sex and Gender Differences in Cardiovascular Risk in Rural CommunitiesR01HL163998 · EMORY UNIVERSITY · 2025 to 2025
$1.0M
Atherosclerosis in cocaine addiction: imaging risk with PET/MRR01DA049547 · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · 2025 to 2025
$752k
Dopamine function, inflammation and connectivity in PTSDR01MH120262 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI James Douglas Bremner · 2023 to 2023
$696k
Neuroimaging Measures of Psychosocial Stress as Predictors of Articular and Arterial Inflammation and Treatment Response in Rheumatoid ArthritisR01AR077187 · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · 2025 to 2025
$448k
The Effect of Mindfulness on Vascular Inflammation in Stable Coronary Disease: A Multi-System PET/MRI StudyK23HL151909 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · 2023 to 2025
$400k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite decades of research, the heart-brain axis continues to challenge investigators seeking to unravel its complex pathobiology. Strong epidemiologic evidence supports a link by which insult or injury to one of the organs increases the risk of pathology in the other. The putative pathways have important differences between sexes and include alterations in autonomic function, metabolism, inflammation, and neurohormonal mechanisms that participate in crosstalk between the heart and brain and contribute to vascular changes, the development of shared risk factors, and oxidative stress. Recently, given its unique ability to characterize biological processes in multiple tissues simultaneously, molecular imaging has yielded important insights into the interplay of these organ systems under conditions of stress and disease. Yet, additional research is needed to probe further into the mechanisms underlying the heart-brain axis and to evaluate the impact of targeted interventions.

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BrainHeartMolecular ImagingCardiovascular DiseasesHumansOxidative StressBrain-heart axisMolecular imagingNeuroimaging

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PMCPMC11180568

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