Precapillary sphincters maintain perfusion in the cerebral cortex

Precapillary sphincters are mural cells encircling an indentation of blood vessels where capillaries branch off from penetrating arterioles (PAs), but their existence and role in the brain is not fully understood. Here authors describe these structures at PAs in the cortex and show that they constri...

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Main Authors: Søren Grubb, Changsi Cai, Bjørn O. Hald, Lila Khennouf, Reena Prity Murmu, Aske G. K. Jensen, Jonas Fordsmann, Stefan Zambach, Martin Lauritzen
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b57da6fb5b81419aa3f6193951425a37
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