The rat aortic arch adventitia, which contains the baroreceptor nerve terminals, was dissected out and fixed in 3.7% formaldehyde overnight as described elsewhere 17. The adventitia was ...

Arterial baroreceptors in the carotid sinuses and aortic arch sense pressure changes, and cardiopulmonary baroreceptors in thoracic veins and the heart sense changes in blood volume.

In hypertension, an increase to arterial pressure is identified by specialized mechanoreceptors known as baroreceptors, which occur in the carotid sinuses and the aortic arch. Baroreceptors ...

Others are located in the aortic arch, right next to the heart. But in 1957 it was predicted that another group of these baroreceptors should be present in the kidneys, specifically in what are ...

Wei-Zheng Zeng and colleagues have recently published in Science confirming that Piezo1 and Piezo2 are the ion channels responsible for baroreceptor reflex mechanotransduction. The authors studied the ...

The 52-year-old cardiologist spoke to Rekord about the revolutionary concept that would very likely change the world and improve the quality of human life. “The effect of aortic baroreceptor ...