It will also present evidence defining the role of B-type natriuretic peptide in the differential diagnosis of dyspnea, prognosis after cardiac events, and in monitoring HF drug therapy.

A brain structure called the amygdala, and its connections with another region, the prefrontal cortex, shape people’s experiences and social interactions. The discovery of a key molecular ...

By embedding threads containing electrodes within the human brain, the company’s device allows paralyzed patients to engage with digital devices through their thoughts. Arbaugh, for example ...

Your brain has a lot of work to do, constantly balancing tasks while conserving energy. If you understand how the human brain decides what to pay attention to—and what to ignore—your public ...

“Even low-level exposure that people think is safe enough for public health is doing something at the brain level,” says Megan Herting, a neuroscientist at the University of Southern ...

The primary outcome measures were N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), glomerular filtration rate (GFR), blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, ...

It’s the way that podcast hosts talk in my ear. I know I’m not alone, because people in my life complain about their own brain-rot speech patterns all the time. I’ve also seen strangers do it.

Methods 67 patients with their first anterior AMI (median age, 64 years; male, 76%) underwent prospective evaluation of plasma concentrations of the molecular forms of A-type and B-type natriuretic ...

Testing for natriuretic peptide markers, such as B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) or N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP), has emerged as an important tool for the diagnosis and risk stratification of ...

Optimizing cognitive health is top of mind for many adults, and there are many supplements on the market that claim to support brain health, memory, focus, attention, and overall cognition. A survey ...

1 Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Takamatsu, Japan 2 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Sher-e-Bangla ...

But scientists have long assumed that bacteria can’t survive in the human brain. The powerful blood-brain barrier, the thinking goes, keeps the organ mostly free from outside invaders.