Shorter slow wave sleep and rapid eye movement sleep were associated with decreased volume in Alzheimer disease-vulnerable brain regions.

Conclusion: Our findings emphasize the significance of mediastinal compliance in pleural effusion physiology and suggest insignificant influence of the ipsilateral hemidiaphragm inverted due to large ...

Still, medical conditions involving the lungs can cause pain in several ways. Often, the pain comes from pleurisy, which is irritation of the pleura. Pain related to the pleura is called pleuritic ...

An operator manually inserted a bevel-tip needle into ex vivo porcine ribs and through the parietal pleura via a sensorized percutaneous device that records position, force, and videos. We use this ...

The pleura is comprised of two layers: The visceral and parietal pleura join at the hilum, which serves as the point of entry for blood vessels, nerves, and the large airways of the lungs called the ...

[1] Chest radiography, computed tomography (CT) with or without positron emission tomography (PET), and magnetic resonance imaging can show the presence of a pleural mass, effusions, and pleural ...

Background: Many cancers metastasize to the pleura, resulting in effusions that cause dyspnea and discomfort. Regardless of the tissue of origin, pleural malignancies are aggressive and uniformly ...