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Reading up on this there is some chemical signaling from the blood, but the brain is not controlling the rate of the new heart

That is actually wild and I wonder about the practical consequences as well.

So you get into a stressful situation or get a flee or flight response, and your heart is not affected by it, or at least the heart rate, but your cardiovascular system may be needed because in that case the rest of your body is, and presumably you may need much more blood to be pumped out to your organs among other things.

It is a cool food for thought.

He's asking about what the nerves do in a normal person

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