Changes in callosal motor fiber integrity after subcortical stroke of the pyramidal tract
Authors: Basia A Radlinska, Yasmin Blunk, Ilana R Leppert, Jeffrey Minuk, G Bruce Pike Alexander Thiel (Source: Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow)

Increased Arterial Stiffness is Associated with Systolic Blood Pressure Variability in Older Individuals
Background: The prognostic significance of the variability in systolic blood pressure (sBP) for cardiovascular events has been highlighted recently. Although increased arterial stiffness has been proposed as a potential mechanism, the relationship between sBP variability and arterial stiffness has not been examined directly. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to determine whether increased arterial stiffness is associated with increased blood pressure variability based on 24hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in a subset of older individuals from the Anglo-Cardiff Collaborative Trial. (Source: Artery Research)