The baroreceptor reflex, a cornerstone of cardiovascular physiology, is an elegant and rapid mechanism for maintaining blood pressure homeostasis. This intricate neural pathway involves a symphony of ...

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Carotid Sinus: This is a dilated region at the bifurcation of the common carotid artery into the internal and external carotid arteries. Aortic Arch: This is the curved portion of the aorta that ...

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Intuitively, you think that everything that you stretch will pull back, but you wouldn’t expect a couple of pieces of plastic to win. Yet, researchers over at [AMOLF] have figured out a way to make a ...

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Impairment in cardiac baroreflex sensitivity, which helps regulate blood pressure, is associated with an increased risk for dementia and mortality in older adults not taking antihypertensive ...

How did the bodies of animals, including ours, become such fine-tuned movement machines? This paper cuts directly into critical debates about how the ancient spinal cord and the relatively new human ...

Background— The interplay of resting muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSA) and the baroreceptor reflex in patients with vasovagal syncope remains elusive. Hence, the aim of the present study was to ...

Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. Hypertension and orthostatic hypotension (OH) frequently coexist in the older population, both stemming ...

The inspiration for the titular device in last year’s blockbuster, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, was an actual archaeological artifact: the Antikythera mechanism, a 2,200-year-old bronze ...