The main supply of blood to the brain is carried by the carotid arteries. The carotid arteries branch off from the aorta (the largest artery in the body) a short distance from the heart, and extend ...

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Chemoreceptors seem to play a bigger role. In a different study, Bain and his team used dopamine to inhibit the carotid body, which is part of the peripheral chemoreflex — the group of cells ...

Body temperature is a measure of the metabolism - the general ... Heat can be applied to transfer heat to major arteries - at the neck for the carotid, at the armpits for the brachial, at the groin ...

Your doctor will insert a balloon catheter into the carotid stent to open it wider. The stent will remain in place permanently, but the balloon will be removed. He will then remove the Embolic ...

These results may suggest an accumulation of nanoplastics and microplastics in carotid plaque could partly trigger inflammation. This inflammation may subsequently change the way plaque behaves in the ...

Several medications are available to treat high blood pressure, but more than 10 million Americans do not respond to the ...

How a study found microplastics and nanoplastics in the human body Microplastics are not new ... undergoing surgery who were undergoing carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery ...

Xu, F., Tse, F.W. and Tse, A. (2007) Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) stimulates the oxygen sensing type I (glomus) cells of rat carotid bodies via reduction of a background ...

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Dr. Marc A. Passman is a professor of surgery and currently serves as the director of the UAB Vein Program and UAB Vein Center. Dr. Passman is a board-certified specialist in vascular surgery, ...