Heart failure is a clinical syndrome resulting from a cardiac disease that compromises ventricular systolic and/or diastolic function. It occurs when the heart is unable to generate the required ...

the Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. Over the past 5 years there has been an explosion of new information on the ...

From the Departments of Internal Medicine (Cardiology) (Q.Q., L.K., Y.-T.Y., J.N.R.), Pharmacology (J.N.R.), and Biochemistry (Y.-T.Y.), Vanderbilt University School ...

The formation, maintenance and remodeling of synapses involves regulated expression and targeting of specific transmitter receptors to sites of cellular contact. Presynaptic input and input-derived ...