Key findings from this study demonstrate that blood pressure variability impairs baroreceptor reflex and impairs myogenic tone in brain arterioles, particularly at higher blood pressure. They also ...

Further, as Ang II and GABA are both known to interact with nitric oxide (NO) in other brain area’s (Dupont and Brouwers, 2010), and as NO was suggested to be involved in the Ang II mediated ...

Osnat Gurevitz, M.D.; Alon Barsheshet, M.D.; David Bar-Lev, M.D.; Eyal Zimlichman, M.D.; Gail F. Rosenfeld, M.S.N.; Michal Benderly, Ph.D.; David Luria, M.D.; Howard ...

Hyporeflexia is the reduction or absence of the body's normal reflexes. It is caused by the disruptions of signals from nerve cells of the spinal cord (called motor neurons) to skeletal muscles that ...

Homeostatic Control Through Active Inference as “Bayesian Reflexes” The conventional cybernetic view of homeostasis regards the brain's task as ensuring that its carrier (the body) inhabits a limited ...

The palmomental reflex, an involuntary contraction of the mentalis muscle of the chin caused by stimulation of the thenar eminence, can be tested easily and rapidly. Its presence may alert the ...

Abstract and Introduction Rationale for i.v. Antihypertensive Selection Clinical Pharmacology of i.v. Antihypertensives References There are potential concerns with the use of sodium nitroprusside ...

The gastrocolic reflex is a physiological reflex that stimulates movement in your lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract after eating. It isn’t a disease or medical condition, but rather a normal response ...

Acute sympathetic surge caused by various stimuli including muscle metaboreflex activation from exertion,16 arterial baroreceptor insensitivity, sympathomimetic substance abuse (eg, cocaine or ...