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  1. SWAlexander

    Scientists propose cause of symptoms, treatment for long COVID-19

    Excerpt: Long COVID, vagus nerve symptoms may overlap The vagus nerve runs from the brain into the torso, heart, lungs, intestines, and several muscles, including those involved in swallowing. It has a role in heart rate, speech, the gag reflex, the transfer of food from the mouth to stomach...
  2. SWAlexander

    Identifying a new protein that enables SARS-CoV-2 access into cells

    The entry of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) into human cells is an essential step for virus transmission and development of COVID 19. Although the lung epithelial cells are its initial target, SARS-CoV-2 also can infect endothelial cells. Endothelial cells are the...
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    Exaggerated Exercise Blood Pressure is Related to Impaired Endothelial Vasodilator Function (2004) Kerry et al.

    https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2004/04_06a_04.html "Exercise Hypertension" Occurs When Cells Can't "Relax," Hopkins Researchers Find Stewart, Kerry et al., "Exaggerated Exercise Blood Pressure is Related to Impaired Endothelial Vasodilator Function," American Journal of...