The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. In early fetal development, it forms from two smaller blood vessels, called the ...

The CA1, an important subregion of the hippocampus, is anatomically and functionally heterogeneous in the dorsal and ventral hippocampus. Here, to dissect the distinctions between the dorsal (dCA1) ...

The evidence supporting the efficacy of exercise therapy for patients with PAD dates back to 1966 when 6 months of unsupervised intermittent walking exercise was demonstrated to improve time walked to ...

Your body tries to clear up the inflammation, which creates a seal of fibrous material over the fatty material. Over time, this forms a hardened plaque (also known as atheroma), making your artery ...

Erectile dysfunction meds, like Viagra and Cialis, can help you get and keep an erection. However, each has different side effects, dosage schedules, and other factors. Here, we look at how they ...

The anterior tibial artery is located in the lower leg, running from the popliteal fossa just behind the knee down along the tibia and fibula, the major bones of the lower leg. It is a branch of the ...

For chronic radicular spine pain, moderate certainty evidence indicates that epidural injection of local anesthetic and steroids and radiofrequency of the dorsal root ganglion are unlikely to ...

The following observations have been concluded: a) Clinical symptoms changes included skin color, pain, temperature sensation, and pulsation of foot dorsal artery; b) The lower extremity vascular ...

The depressed group over-used the Dorsal Attention Network—which is thought to voluntarily allocate attention to external stimuli—and under-recruited the Ventral Attention Network—which is ...

More tests showed that her left circumflex artery "had a 99% blockage." A piece of plaque that had built up in the artery had detached, blocking nearly all blood flow. "They told my family I was ...