The new study “provides more evidence of a heart-brain connection” by elucidating a link between activity in the amygdala, which is a marker of stress, and subsequent cardiovascular events, Zahi Fayad, a senior author of the study and the director of the Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, said in a statement.
How the Stress in Your Head Affects the Health of Your Heart – Live Science