When military personnel fire certain powerful weapons, they are exposed to a blast wave that sends blood surging from the body to the brain. This "tsunami in the body" is one way a blast can injure ...

Cerebrovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and stroke remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. A common feature of these diseases is vascular stenosis, i.e., the narrowing of ...

Microvessels form the blood-brain barrier, a network that regulates molecular transfer between the vasculature and brain parenchyma. In cerebral small vessel disease (SVD), a leading cause of stroke ...

Scientists have found that adding a missing phospholipid back into the bloodstream might help improve blood flow and reduce ...