The astrocytic contribution to neurovascular coupling - Still more questions than answers?

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 171-183

  Kowiański, Przemysław ^a   Lietzau, Grazyna ^a   Steliga, Aleksandra ^b   WaŚkow, Monika ^b   MoryŚ, Janusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY IN S UPSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Cerebral blood flow; Neurovascular coupling; Neurovascular unit; Tripartite synapse

Indexed keywords

20 HYDROXYICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM ION;

ASTROCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MIGRAINE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84875918168     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: 18728111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2013.01.014     Document Type: Review

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