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The Sixth Sense Organs: The Heart

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At the cardiovascular clinics, we are accustomed to saying and patients are accustomed to hearing “stress is forbidden.” Actually, the question is why the heart must understand our surrounding environment and fear of loud sounds.

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  1. Molecular Immunology Research Center, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Amene Saghazadeh

  2. MetaCognition Interest Group (MCIG), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran

    Amene Saghazadeh, Helia Mojtabavi & Reza Khaksar

  3. Student’s Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Helia Mojtabavi

  4. Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Nima Rezaei

  5. Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Nima Rezaei

  6. Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Expert Group (SRMEG), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran

    Nima Rezaei

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Saghazadeh, A., Mojtabavi, H., Khaksar, R., Rezaei, N. (2019). The Sixth Sense Organs: The Heart. In: Rezaei, N., Saghazadeh, A. (eds) Biophysics and Neurophysiology of the Sixth Sense. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10620-1_21

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