Pericytes and Neurovascular Function in the Healthy and Diseased Brain

Pericytes are multi-functional cells embedded within the walls of capillaries throughout the body, including the brain. Pericytes were first identified in the 1870s, but little attention was paid to them during the following century. More recently, numerous vascular functions of pericytes have been...

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Published in:	Frontiers in cellular neuroscience Vol. 13; p. 282
Main Authors:	Brown, Lachlan S., Foster, Catherine G., Courtney, Jo-Maree, King, Natalie E., Howells, David W., Sutherland, Brad A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 28.06.2019 Frontiers Media S.A
Subjects:	Angiogenesis Blood flow Blood vessels Blood-brain barrier brain Brain research Capillaries Cell cycle Cerebral blood flow Functional anatomy Growth factors Inflammation Neurodegenerative diseases neurological disease Neuroscience neurovascular Pericytes Proteins Roles Smooth muscle Stem cells Vascular diseases blood brain barrier cerebral blood flow neurovascular brain neurological disease pericytes
ISSN:	1662-5102, 1662-5102
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