Search Results - "Albarwani , Sulayma"
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Heritability and genetic and environmental correlations of heart rate variability and baroreceptor reflex sensitivity with ambulatory and beat-to-beat blood pressure
Published in Scientific reports (07-02-2019)“…This family study from Oman (n = 1231) explored the heritability and genetic and environmental correlations of heart rate variability (HRV) and baroreceptor…”
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Aging Reduces L-Type Calcium Channel Current and the Vasodilatory Response of Small Mesenteric Arteries to Calcium Channel Blockers
Published in Frontiers in physiology (20-05-2016)“…Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are widely used to treat cardiovascular disease (CVD) including hypertension. As aging is an independent risk factor for CVD,…”
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Heritability of Ambulatory and Beat-to-Beat Office Blood Pressure in Large Multigenerational Arab Pedigrees: The ‘Oman Family Study’
Published in Twin research and human genetics (01-12-2012)“…Objective: To estimate the heritability of ambulatory blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), and beat-to-beat office BP and HR in an isolated, environmentally…”
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Habitual Sleep Deprivation is Associated with Type 2 Diabetes: A Case-Control Study
Published in Oman medical journal (01-11-2016)“…Objectives: It is suggested that a minimum of eight hours of sleep per night is needed for metabolism to work normally. The aim of the study was to determine…”
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Prehypertension: Underlying pathology and therapeutic options
Published in World journal of cardiology (26-08-2014)“…Prehypertension(PHTN) is a global major health risk that subjects individuals to double the risk of cardiovascular disease(CVD) independent of progression to…”
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Voltage-gated K+ channels in rat small cerebral arteries: molecular identity of the functional channels
Published in The Journal of physiology (15-09-2003)“…Voltage-gated potassium (K V ) channels represent an important dilator influence in the cerebral circulation, but the composition of these tetrameric ion…”
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Habitual Sleep Deprivation Is Associated with Type 2 Diabetes: A Case-Control Study
Published in Oman medical journal (01-11-2016)“…Objectives: It is suggested that a minimum of eight hours of sleep per night is needed for metabolism to work normally. The aim of the study was to determine…”
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Loss of cerebrovascular Shaker-type K(+) channels: a shared vasodilator defect of genetic and renal hypertensive rats
Published in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology (01-07-2009)“…The cerebral arteries of hypertensive rats are depolarized and highly myogenic, suggesting a loss of K(+) channels in the vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs)…”
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Heritability of Determinants of the Metabolic Syndrome among Healthy Arabs of the Oman Family Study
Published in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (01-03-2007)“…The metabolic syndrome, as defined by the International Diabetes Federation, was investigated in five large, extended, highly consanguineous, healthy Omani…”
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A call for a quite debate on the future of genetics research
Published in Oman medical journal (01-05-2011)Get full text
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Familial Clustering of Type 2 Diabetes among Omanis
Published in Oman medical journal (2014)“…The aim of this study was to screen Omani individuals for the familial aggregation of type 2 diabetes mellitus. A random cohort of 1182 Omani individuals…”
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Accrediting the MD Programme in Sultan Qaboos University: Process, Earned Benefits, and Lessons Learned
Published in Health professions education (01-12-2015)“…The MD Programme of the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, has been accredited recently. The College has been preparing for…”
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Impaired Fasting Glucose in Omani Adults with no Family History of Type 2 Diabetes
Published in Sultan Qaboos University medical journal (01-05-2014)“…الهدف : تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى تقدير معدل انتشار مرحلة ما قبل السكري في مجموعة من الأشخاص العمانيين الذين ليس لديهم تاريخ عائلي للنوع الثاني من داء السكري ، و…”
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Freshly isolated bovine coronary endothelial cells do not express the BKCa channel gene
Published in The Journal of physiology (15-12-2002)“…Recent reports have suggested that different types of Ca 2+ -activated K + channels may be selectively expressed either in the vascular endothelial cells (ECs)…”
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Genome-Wide Linkage Analysis of Hemodynamic Parameters Under Mental and Physical Stress in Extended Omani Arab Pedigrees: The Oman Family Study
Published in Twin research and human genetics (01-06-2011)“…Background: We performed a genome-wide scan in a homogeneous Arab population to identify genomic regions linked to blood pressure (BP) and its intermediate…”
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Heritability of Hemodynamic Reactivity to Laboratory Stressors in a Homogenous Arab Population: ‘Oman Family Study’
Published in Twin research and human genetics (01-12-2009)“…Background: Exaggerated cardiovascular reactivity to stressful stimuli may be a risk factor for the development of hypertension. The genetic influence on blood…”
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Ageing differentially affects myogenic tone of coronary microcirculatory arteries according to vessel diameter (LB644)
Published in The FASEB journal (01-04-2014)“…Aging is the major cause of decline in cardiovascular function and for structural and functional alterations of coronary microvasculature. There is close…”
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Genetic loci associated with heart rate variability and their effects on cardiac disease risk
Published in Nature communications (14-06-2017)“…Reduced cardiac vagal control reflected in low heart rate variability (HRV) is associated with greater risks for cardiac morbidity and mortality. In two-stage…”
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Moderate-intensity exercise training reduces vasorelaxation of mesenteric arteries: role of BKCa channels and nitric oxide
Published in Physiological research (25-03-2022)“…Exercise training (ET) is well established to induce vascular adaptations on the metabolically active muscles. These adaptations include increased function of…”
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