New research on tiny capillaries and cells called pericytes details how blood moves through over 400 miles of total vasculature in the human brain. While the human brain has over 400 miles of total ...

Researchers discover that capillary obstruction in diabetes, triggered by elevated interleukin-10 signaling, may contribute to cognitive deficits independent of blood sugar levels. Study: A pathogenic ...

All it takes is the flip of a protein "switch" within the tiny wire-like capillaries of the brain to increase the blood flow that ensures optimal brain function. New research has uncovered that ...

The brain is perhaps the most sensitive organ with respect to changes in blood flow and oxygen supply. Even brief interruptions in capillary flow (or "stalling") can indicate acute neurological issues ...

3D microvessels have been created to observe how red blood cells transit ultra-small blood vessels. They squeeze single-file through microvessels to bring oxygen and nutrients. Red cells burdened with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sublingual nitroglycerin reduced pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in patients with HF with preserved ejection ...

When you sit quietly for a moment listening to your heart pump blood through your body, do you think about blood vessels as a firehose drenching your organs and brain with red blood cells full of ...

Dementia has long been framed as a slow, irreversible loss of neurons, but a new line of research is shifting attention to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure during a passive leg raise may be a viable method to diagnose or ...

HAVING the blood circulation of an athlete is key to a long life, a study has found. Centenarians whose body could pump blood to the far reaches of muscles and organs had a circulation system as ...