Blood-vessel formation

Blood-vessel formation: Bridges that guide and unite

• Thomas Schmidt & Peter Carmeliet

Journal name:Nature

Volume:465,

Pages:697–699

Date published:(10 June 2010)

DOI:doi:10.1038/465697a

Published online:09 June 2010

To form new blood vessels, the endothelial tip cells of two existing vessels come together by the process of anastomosis. But how do they find each other? Macrophages seem to provide a bridge and mediate their union.

Some antipsychotic drug shrinks brain

Cited research: Nature Neurosci. doi:10.1038/nn.2572 (2010)

Some antipsychotic drugs cause side effects that include slowed movements and shaking — apparently by temporarily shrinking a part of the brain responsible for motor control.

Reference:

Neuroscience: Drug shrinks brain

Journal name:Nature

Volume:465,

Page:668

Date published:(10 June 2010)

DOI:doi:10.1038/465668c

Published online:09 June 2010

STROKE IDENTIFICATION

INFORMATION EVERYONE MUST KNOW.........

Blood Clots/Stroke - They Now Have a Fourth Indicator, the Tongue




STROKE: Remember the 1st Three Letters....S.T.R.

Thank God for the sense to remember the '3' steps, STR . Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

S *Ask the individual to SMILE.
T *Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)
(i.e. It is sunny out today.)
R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency numberimmediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue

NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue.. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke.