A critical role for the vascular endothelium in functional neurovascular coupling in the brain

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Brenda R ^a   Kozberg, Mariel G ^a   Bouchard, Matthew B ^a   Shaik, Mohammed A ^a   Hillman, Elizabeth M C ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial hyperpolarization; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Neurovascular coupling; Optical imaging; Vascular endothelial function; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPEREMIA; NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING; NONHUMAN; PIA ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ANIMAL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84904628424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.114.000787     Document Type: Article

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