Vasodilation by in vivo activation of astrocyte endfeet via two-photon calcium uncaging as a strategy to prevent brain ischemia

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Yuanxin ^a   Mancuso, James ^a   Zhao, Zhen ^a,b   Li, Xuping ^a   Cheng, Jie ^a   Roman, Gustavo ^c   Wong, Stephen T C ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes vasculature; Calcium uncaging; Cerebral microcirculation; Infrared femtosecond laser; Intravital two photon microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; ASTROCYTES-VASCULATURE; CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW; CEREBRAL MICROCIRCULATION; INFRARED FEMTOSECOND LASERS; PHOTO MODULATION; TWO PHOTON MICROSCOPY; VASCULAR DEMENTIA;

BLOOD VESSELS; CALCIUM; MICROCIRCULATION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PHOTONS;

BRAIN;

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; C57BL MOUSE; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROCIRCULATION; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; VASODILATION;

EID: 84890536257     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.12.126012     Document Type: Article

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