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Brain capillary pericytes and neurovascular coupling.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology - 1 Apr 2021
Grubb Søren, Lauritzen Martin, Aalkjær Christian
Abstract excerpt
The neurovascular coupling ensures that cerebral activity is matched by the relevant blood flow. The control of the blood flow is mediated by capillaries and by the precapillary aterioles. It is the tone of the mural cells, which include pericytes, smooth muscle cells and cells with intermediate phenotypes between pericytes and smooth muscle cells, that determine the the diameter of the blood vessels and...
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