Regional Blood Flow in the Normal and Ischemic Brain Is Controlled by Arteriolar Smooth Muscle Cell Contractility and Not by Capillary Pericytes
Hill RA, Tong L, Yuan P, Murikinati S, Gupta S, Grutzendler J. Regional Blood Flow in the Normal and Ischemic Brain Is Controlled by Arteriolar Smooth Muscle Cell Contractility and Not by Capillary Pericytes. Neuron 2015, 87: 95-110. PMID: 26119027, PMCID: PMC4487786, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.06.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmooth muscle cellsCerebral blood flowBlood flowCapillary pericytesArteriolar smooth muscle cellsBlood flow regulationRegional blood flowNormal brain functionSmooth muscle actinSmooth muscle cell contractilityMuscle cell contractilityPericyte constrictionIschemic brainBrain ischemiaMicrovascular occlusionNeurovascular couplingMicrovascular diametersWhisker stimulationMuscle actinMuscle cellsBrain functionMajor causePathological conditionsPericytesVascular tree