The neurovascular unit in brain function and disease

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-59

  Lecrux, C ^a   Hamel, E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Cerebral blood flow; GABA interneurons; In vivo pharmacology; Neurovascular coupling; Pyramidal cells

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COUPLING FACTOR; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; MICROVASCULATURE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS;

EID: 80051666509     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2011.02256.x     Document Type: Review

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