The autonomic nervous system innervates all body organs, including the cardiovascular system. Smooth muscle in arteries, arterioles, and veins and pericytes in capillaries receive autonomic ...

The baroreceptor-inspired MN skin patch. (A) Device. (B) Anode MN structure. (C) Device under stretching (scale bar: 1 cm). (D) Pressing-controlled release using the device (red bar is the ...

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?

In baroreceptor stimulation an electrode and a pacemaker are implanted near the carotid artery. They send signals that make the body lower blood pressure. The effect already begins during the surgery.

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