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		sgwealti on Jan 13, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Brain activity 'key in stress link to heart diseas... It was but there wasn't a lot of information about how stress caused heart disease. This article talks about a potential mechanism for how it happens.

cpncrunch on Jan 13, 2017 [–]

We already knew that the amygdala activates the sympathetic nervous system during stress, which causes inflammation, and this was suspected to be the reason for heart disease. This study just provides more experimental evidence.

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