{"id":134806,"date":"2023-04-18T11:57:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T15:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=134806"},"modified":"2023-04-21T09:33:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T13:33:19","slug":"ucf-researchers-create-digital-map-of-sympathetic-nervous-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-researchers-create-digital-map-of-sympathetic-nervous-system\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Researchers Create Digital Map of Sympathetic Nervous System"},"content":{"rendered":"

A team of UCF College of Medicine researchers has created a digital topographical map of the cardiac sympathetic neural network, the region that controls the body\u2019s heart rate and its \u201cfight-or-flight\u201d response. They hope this map will eventually serve as a guide to treat cardiovascular conditions using bioelectronic devices.<\/p>\n

The study, led by Zixi Jack Cheng, a neuro-cardiovascular scientist, was published in the Scientific Reports journal and was the project of an interdisciplinary team of researchers from UCF<\/a> along with several other institutions as well as industry partners MBF Bioscience and SPARC Data and Resource Center. The project has been supported by the NIH Common Fund\u2019s Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC) program, and funding from National Institute on Neural Disorders and Stroke and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.<\/p>\n