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Background and purpose
B‐type natriuretric peptide (BNP) is a marker of cardiac dysfunction that is released from myocytes in response to ventricular wall stress. Previous studies suggested that BNP predicts stroke events in addition to classical risk factors. It was suggested that the BNP‐associated risk results from coronary atherosclerosis or atrial fibrillation.
MethodsThree thousand six hundred...
Non‐technical summary The inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA activates two distinct receptors of which the GABAA receptor is mainly a Cl− conducting ion channel. The proper functioning of inhibition at the GABAA receptor depends on the ionic gradient prevailing during receptor activation, and in epilepsy there is an aberrant Cl− gradient. Using rat and human cortical neurones and pharmacological inhibitors,...
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