Publications by authors named "Ryoko Uchida"
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- * Researchers tested a target spectral camera to accurately measure blood pressure using images of 215 adults' palms and faces, analyzing pulse transit time (PTT) to estimate BP.
- * The study found a machine learning model could classify hypertension with up to 95% accuracy using just one second of video footage, highlighting the potential for more accessible and cuffless blood pressure monitoring methods.
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- Patients with heart failure (HF) can face recurring health crises and develop other conditions like kidney disease and frailty, but the connections between these issues aren't fully understood.
- Research showed that changes in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) play a major role in worsening HF and related comorbidities, as HSCs' ability to create inflammatory macrophages increases in HF mice.
- The study found that cardiac stress impacts HSCs' genetic activity, impacting how they respond to stress and contributing to repeated heart failure and other health issues, suggesting HSCs carry a "stress memory" affecting overall health.
We previously reported that enhanced corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) signaling in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) caused the aversive responses during acute pain and suppressed the brain reward system during chronic pain. However, it remains to be examined whether chronic pain alters the excitability of CRF neurons in the BNST. In this study we investigated the chronic pain-induced changes in excitability of CRF-expressing neurons in the oval part of the BNST (ovBNST neurons) by whole-cell patch-clamp electrophysiology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnderstanding the desires and motivations of children with ADHD is important in helping them thrive. Their inner worlds, however, have not been well captured. The Three Wishes task provides minimal cues and structure to elicit their desires and hopes in an unbiased manner.
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