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?

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have determined the location of natural blood-pressure barometers inside our bodies that have eluded scientists for more than 60 years. These ...

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 ...

The procedure is usually done with the patient under general anaesthesia or sedation. A small battery-powered device is implanted under the skin of the collarbone. It is connected by a thin wire to an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stiff arteries alone are enough to cause high blood pressure, suggests a computer model of a ‘virtual human’. High blood pressure is a serious condition that affects more than 1 billion across the ...