(Source: Getty). The European Court of Auditors has calculated that the cost of moving the European parliament between Brussels and Strasbourg every month amounts to an eye watering â¬114m a year.Source: Getty). The European Court of Auditors has calculated that the cost of moving the European parliament between Brussels and Strasbourg every month amounts to an eye watering â¬114m a year.
The smooth muscle, which is innervated by the sympathetic nervous system, controls the diameter of the blood vessel, and it plays an important role in blood pressure.
NEW ORLEANS â Even smokeless cigarettes may cause damage that can lead to hardening of the arteries, a new study implies. Vascular smooth muscle cells wrap around blood vessels and help control blood flow and pressure.But inflammation and chemicals, such as those found in cigarette smoke, can turn the cells into miniature drills that chew through connective tissue, allowing muscle cells to burrow into blood vessels.Once inside, the cells and other debris clump into artery-clogging plaques.Nicotine is one chemical that helps turn normal muscle cells into invaders, Chi-Ming Hai, a physiologist at Brown University in Providence, R.I., reported December 15 at the American Society for Cell Biologyâs annual meeting.ascular smooth muscle cells wrap around blood vessels and help control blood flow and pressure. But inflammation and chemicals, such as those found in cigarette smoke, can turn the cells into miniature drills that chew through connective tissue, allowing muscle cells to burrow into blood vessels.