Control of brain capillary blood flow

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1167-1176

  Itoh, Yoshiaki ^a   Suzuki, Norihiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; endothelial cell; microcirculation; neurovascular unit; pericyte

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANGIOTENSIN II; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCOPROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PROSTACYCLIN;

ARTERIOLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM; DEMENTIA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENERGY; EPILEPSY; ERYTHROCYTE; IN VIVO STUDY; INNERVATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MODEL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CAPILLARIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863475222     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2012.5     Document Type: Review

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