Environmental factors and diet are generally believed to be accelerators of obesity and
hypertension, but they are not the underlying cause. Our animal model of obesity and …

ContextClinical series have suggested an increased prevalence of cerebral infarction and
white matter lesions (WMLs) in migraine patients. It is not known whether these lesions are …

Background Term infants who are small for gestational age appear prone to the development
of insulin resistance during childhood. We hypothesized that insulin resistance, a marker of …

Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (CHS) after carotid endarterectomy is characterised by
ipsilateral headache, hypertension, seizures, and focal neurological deficits. If not treated …

Because the inner ear is not organized spatially, sound localization relies on the neural
processing of implicit acoustic cues. To determine a sound's position, the brain must learn and …

Susceptibility to Crohn's disease, a complex inflammatory disease, is influenced by common
variants at many loci. The common exonic synonymous SNP (c.313C>T) in IRGM, found in …

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated an association between intrauterine growth
retardation and an increased risk of adult diseases that include essential hypertension, …

Purpose To investigate whether the blood-brain barrier (BBB) leaks blood-circulating substances
in patients with early forms of Alzheimer disease (AD), and if so, to examine the extent …

Since its initial recognition in December 2019, Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has quickly
spread to a pandemic infectious disease. The causative agent has been recognized as a …

ContextTwo decision rules for indications of computed tomography (CT) in patients with
minor head injury, the Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR) and the New Orleans Criteria (NOC), …