The contribution of astrocytes to the regulation of cerebral blood flow

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 8 MAY, 2014, Pages

  Howarth, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Calcium; Cerebral blood flow; Functional hyperemia; Neurovascular coupling

Indexed keywords

20 HYDROXYICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; CALCIUM; CYTOCHROME P450; EPOXYICOSATRIENOIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PURINERGIC P2Y RECEPTOR; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ARTERIOLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL SPECIFICITY; CEREBELLUM; EXOCYTOSIS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84904972706     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00103     Document Type: Review

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