MARIO P SAN MAURO, FACUNDO PATRONELLI, EDUARDO SPINELLI, ALDO CORDERO, DANIEL COVELLO, JORGE A GOROSTIAGA
Neuroanatomy - 2009;8(1):26-31
The heart is an organ which main characteristic is its autonomy of function. Therefore, it is possible to develop elementary experiments such as extirpating the heart of a frog (Bufo amenarum), which during a certain amount of time keeps beating and even responding to brady- or tachycardian chemical stimulations. The underlying cause of this phenomenon is the action of specific solutions, which shower the mentioned organ. However, inside the organism, it adapts its functions to the somatic reality and to the specific moment of that soma. These conducts are instrumented by a complex system of information gathering, the adoption of central nervous system‘s function standards, and the production of functional responses suitable for the different possible situations. All these functions are related to cardiac innervation.
