Winter’s up ahead, and low temperatures cause blood vessels to constrict and increase blood pressure (BP). The question is how these mechanical changes in blood vessels are translated to the brain?

Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital has successfully completed its first implantation of the Barostim™ Baroreflex Activation ...

The autonomic nervous system innervates all body organs, including the cardiovascular system. Smooth muscle in arteries, arterioles, and veins and pericytes in capillaries receive autonomic ...

New insight into how cells sense blood pressure could present better targets for treating hypertension. The baroreceptor reflex is a fascinating medical phenomenon. The reflex is controlled by ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Baroreceptors with afferent fibers in branches of the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus have been identified in all three arterial arches in ...

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered a population of natural barometers that monitor and maintain our blood pressure. The cellular sensors have long been ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- After a heart attack, Fred Fortson's heart didn't work as well as it should. "Walking upstairs, walking a distance, and I started to get shortening of breath," Fortson said. As ...

Researchers have discovered that nitric oxide is a powerful regulator of a molecule that plays a critical role in the development and function of the nervous system. The finding could someday play a ...