A heart releasing neuropeptide that synchronizes brain-heart regulation during courtship behavior
Hongyu Li, Shenjie Cheng, Yijun Niu, Tongxin Diao, Qiruo Zhang, Wei Zhang
The paper identifies a brain-heart axis that regulates mating states through neuropeptides in flies and mice, and develops a computational framework to decode these states from cardiac physiology.
bioRxiv · Mar 31, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience