The central nervous system has a key role in regulating the circulatory system by modulating the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, pituitary hormone release, and the baroreceptor reflex ...

The baroreceptor reflex is a fascinating medical phenomenon. The reflex is controlled by specialized neurons that react in just a fraction of a second to keep blood pressure fairly consistent. For ...

Gerald K. Weiss Gerald K. Weiss, 85, died on September 21, 2025 after a long illness. Jerry and his wife of 62 years, Joann, ...

Pharmacology researchers found that a recently identified enzyme in the brain plays a critically important role in the central regulation of blood pressure. The researchers showed that ...

Background: Epidemiologic studies suggest a positive association between fine particulate matter and arterial blood pressure, but the results have been inconsistent. Objectives: We investigated the ...

What is the treatment for this heart rhythm disorder? Does it ever indicate any clinical pathology? What is the physiologic mechanism of this phenomenon? Sinus arrhythmia, if not in a young person and ...

Late last week, the US Food and Drug Administration granted premarket approval to the Barostim Neo baroreflex activation therapy device (CVRx), which is used to improve symptoms in patients with heart ...

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 ...