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Linking high blood pressure and stress
High blood pressure (hypertension) affects more than one billion people worldwide. In addition to its well-known health-related consequences, hypertension also influences how people respond to stress and regulate their emotions. People with high blood pressure often have exaggerated responses to stress, which may be linked to problems in how the body controls blood pressure – a system known as the baroreflex.
Development of novel diagnostic tests for stroke
The Medical and Life Sciences Research Fund have made an award to PhD student Harriet Allgrove-Ralph in Warwick Medical School to characterise the time course of purine release during stroke.
Investigating circadian effects in the treatment of stroke
The Medical and Life Sciences Research Fund supporting a new experimental stroke treatment.
New treatments for brain injury
In this Medical and Life Sciences funded project, Ms. Paulina Michór, working with colleagues at Warwick University will test how a novel treatment could provide point-of-care treatment for stroke patients.
Neural stem cells and brain repair
Diseases leading to brain damage and loss of brain function are predominantly affecting the elderly. These patients often suffer from additional diseases (so called comorbidities) such as hypertension, diabetes or depression that require continuous treatment with a broad spectrum of drugs.
Sleep apnoea and dementia
Half of men and a quarter of women over the age of 40 in the UK are diagnosed with sleep apnoea. These are alarming statistics as sleep apnoea is linked to the biggest killers in the UK.