Loneliness can be operationalized as the actual or perceived absence of those social
relationships that serve to meet basic emotional needs. In contrast to solitude, a chosen …

Excess dietary salt is a major cause of hypertension. Nevertheless, the specific mechanisms
by which salt increases arterial constriction and peripheral vascular resistance, and thereby …

Objectives: We sought to determine the effect of baroreflex activation therapy (BAT) on
systolic blood pressure (SBP) in patients with resistant hypertension. Background: The …

Despite improvements in pharmacotherapy, morbidity and mortality rates in community-
based populations with chronic heart failure still remain high. The increase in medical …

Hypertension causes target organ damage (TOD) that involves vasculature, heart, brain and
kidneys. Complex biochemical, hormonal and hemodynamic mechanisms are involved in …

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 …

Bread is widely considered to be the foodstuff that provides the most dietary salt to the diet.
As such, it is one of the key public health targets for a salt reduction policy. In this respect, it …

Sympathetic nervous system: role in hypertension and in chro... : Current Opinion in
Nephrology and Hypertension Sympathetic nervous system: role in hypertension and in chronic …

Aims Sleep fragmentation is a landmark of sleep disorders, because microarousals are
systematically associated with sympathetic surges (ie sympathetic arousals). However, the …

Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) has long been considered a gold standard for non-invasive
assessment of skin microvascular function. Due to the laser Doppler (LD) microcirculatory …