Background: The high incidence of dysphagia after acute stroke is likely the result of cumulative effects of the stroke and pre-stroke brain health. While cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD) is recognized as a marker of compromised brain health, it's unclear which neuroanatomical pathologies of cSVD impact post-stroke dysphagia. We assessed the relation between cSVD pathologies, i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBody temperature should be tightly regulated for optimal sleep. However, various extrinsic and intrinsic factors can alter body temperature during sleep. In a free-living study, we examined how sleep and cardiovascular health metrics were affected by sleeping for one week with (Pod ON) vs.
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