Novel Insights Into Heart-Brain Interactions and Neurobiological Resilience

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Ahmed Tawakol, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, will deliver the 2023 Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary Therapies. In his talk, Dr. Tawakol will review how neural pathways related to stress and depression result in cardiovascular diseases.

Dr. Tawakol will discuss findings from basic, translational, and clinical studies that have shed light on mechanisms underlying heart-brain interactions, especially neuro-immune-cardiovascular pathways. Further, his talk will review social, environmental, and genetic modulators of these pathways. He will also discuss the concept of “neurobiological resilience” and how maintaining lower stress-related neural activity in the face of chronic stressors reduces cardiovascular disease risks. Finally, Dr. Tawakol will cover lifestyle interventions that lower stress-related neural activity.

The annual Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary Therapies is presented by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) and supported by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health with a generous gift from Bernard and Barbro Osher.

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