BECAUSE angina pectoris is a consequence of inadequate myocardial oxygenation, ideal therapy for this incapacitating symptom would be directed toward both increasing coronary blood flow and decreasing ...

In a new study in rats, researchers have demonstrated that is possible to restore insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis by modulating electrically the carotid sinus nerve, the sensitive nerve ...

Supported by a grant (HE 12373) from the Public Health Service and a grant from the San Diego County Heart Association. We are indebted to Dr. David B. Carmichael, who referred the patient for ...

IT is well known that stimulation of arterial pressure receptors causes a depression of respiration 1. Little is known, however, about the site of this depression, that is, whether it is effected on ...

Extract: Increased activity of the carotid chemoreceptors from hypoxia and hypercarbia, induced by occlusion of the umbilical cord, has importance in initiating effective respiration of the term lamb.

The team lead by Sílvia Vilares Conde, from CEDOC-NOVA Medical School, in collaboration with the pharmaceutical company Galvani Bioelectronics, demonstrated through findings in rats that is possible ...