Patients with cardiovascular disease show autonomic dysfunction, including sympathetic
activation and vagal withdrawal, which leads to fatal events. This review aims to place …

Essential hypertension, a rise in blood pressure of undetermined cause, includes 90% of all
hypertensive cases and is a highly important public health challenge that remains, however …

In the current investigation we tested how swimming training (T)(8 week, 5 times/week,
2h/day), and detraining (DT) affects brain functions and oxidative stress markers in rat brain …

SUMMARY 1 It has been generally accepted that regular physical activity is associated with
beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system. In fact, the idea that exercise maintains …

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common vascular disease that reduces blood flow
capacity to the legs of patients. PAD leads to exercise intolerance that can progress in …

Clinical consequences of heart failure are fatigue, dyspnea, and progressive impairment of
exercise tolerance. Regular exercise training is associated with health-improving effects. In …

It is now well established that brain plasticity is an inherent property not only of the
developing but also of the adult brain. Numerous beneficial effects of exercise, including …

Blocking brain mineralocorticoid receptors (MRs) reduces the high circulating levels of tumor
necrosis factor (TNF)-α in heart failure (HF) rats. TNF-α and other proinflammatory cytokines …

Autonomic dysfunction, including baroreceptor attenuation and sympathetic activation, has
been reported in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) and has been associated with …

Aims Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) is a potent inducer of pro-inflammatory cytokines (PIC)
and oxidative stress in cardiovascular disease. In this study, we determined whether …