Unlocking cardiomyocyte renewal potential for myocardial regeneration therapy

M Mehdipour, S Park, GN Huang - Journal of molecular and cellular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Cardiomyocytes
are irreversibly lost due to cardiac ischemia secondary to disease. This leads to increased …

[HTML][HTML] Meditation for the reduction of perioperative anxiety in patients undergoing oncology surgery: A scoping review

JR Majumdar, CJ Vital, JM O'Leary, SJ Yermal… - Asia-Pacific Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Patients undergoing surgery, particularly patients undergoing surgery for oncology
diagnoses, experience anxiety. Surgery remains the primary treatment for many common …

Enhanced human–robot interface with operator physiological parameters monitoring and 3d mixed reality

KA Szczurek, R Cittadini, RM Prades… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Remote robotic interventions and maintenance tasks are frequently required in hazardous
environments. Particularly, missions with a redundant mobile manipulator in the world's most …

Elucidation of a dynamic interplay between a beta-2 adrenergic receptor, its agonist, and stimulatory G protein

Y Han, JRD Dawson, KR DeMarco… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent the largest group of membrane receptors for
transmembrane signal transduction. Ligand-induced activation of GPCRs triggers G protein …

Moxonidine Increases Uptake of Oxidised Low-Density Lipoprotein in Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Inhibits Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E …

Y Wang, DT Nguyen, J Anesi, A Alramahi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to investigate the effect of the sympatholytic drug moxonidine on
atherosclerosis. The effects of moxonidine on oxidised low-density lipoprotein (LDL) uptake …

The Sympathetic Nervous System Regulates Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter 1 Expression in the Kidney

J Matthews, M Hibbs, L Herat, M Schlaich, V Matthews - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hyperactivation of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) has been demonstrated in various
conditions including obesity, hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Elevated levels of the major …

A virtual reality study investigating the train illusion

L Kooijman, H Asadi, S Mohamed… - Royal Society Open …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The feeling of self-movement that occurs in the absence of physical motion is often referred
to as vection, which is commonly exemplified using the train illusion analogy (TIA). Limited …

Coping with emotional pain: An experimental comparison of acceptance vs. avoidance coping

P Konstantinou, A Trigeorgi, C Georgiou… - Journal of Contextual …, 2024 - Elsevier
The present study compared multi-methodically and multi-dimensionally the effects of
acceptance and avoidance coping with emotional pain, both between and within-group …

Physiological benefits associated with facial skincare: well‐being from emotional perception to neuromodulation

S Bouhout, A Aubert, F Vial… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study aimed to demonstrate the specific nature of well‐being induced by a
facial skincare by deciphering its physiological and psychological impacts out of a …

Effects of regulator of G protein signaling 2 (RGS2) overexpression in the paraventricular nucleus on blood pressure in rats with angiotensin II-induced hypertension

SH Boomer, X Liu, H Zheng - Frontiers in Physiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) regulates sympathetic activity and blood
pressure. The regulator of G protein signaling 2 (RGS2) is a negative G protein regulator …