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 ...

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 ...

Evidence-based recommendations on implanting a baroreceptor stimulation device for resistant hypertension. This involves using electrical impulses from the device that stimulate baroreceptors to help ...

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 ...