Why We Faint

Key points:

  • Fainting affects up to 40 percent of people due to factors like heat and hunger.
  • A new study reveals a neural pathway controlling fainting, challenging the belief of reduced blood flow.
  • Researchers used RNA sequencing to identify unique neurons linked to the heart and brain.
  • Activation of these neurons induces fainting symptoms, offering insights for potential treatments.
Spendrill,

However, one significant question remains unanswered: What triggers these neurons? Van Dijk describes this as “one of the biggest riddles” of his career.

In other words we now know, partially, how we faint but not why.

I_Miss_Daniel,

So we haven’t got the faintest idea? Or we have got the faintest idea…

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