Brain microvascular pericytes in health and disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Dalkara, Turgay ^a   Gursoy Ozdemir, Yasemin ^a   Yemisci, Muge ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Blood brain barrier; Diabetic retinopathy; Microcirculation; Neurological disorders; Pericytes

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; DESMIN; F ACTIN; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TROPOMYOSIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CAPILLARY FLOW; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TOXICITY; PERICYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STROKE;

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; MICROVESSELS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERICYTES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 79957934229     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-011-0847-6     Document Type: Review

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