Capillary pericytes regulate cerebral blood flow in health and disease.
Increases in brain blood flow, evoked by neuronal activity, power neural computation and form the basis of BOLD (blood-oxygen-level-dependent) functional imaging. Whether blood flow is controlled solely by arteriole smooth muscle, or also by capillary pericytes, is controversial. We demonstrate that...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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