Keeping the Brain Well Fed: The Role of Capillaries and Arterioles in Orchestrating Functional Hyperemia

Amy R. Nippert, Anusha Mishra, Eric A. Newman

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Abstract

Cerebral blood flow increases in regions of increased brain activity. In this issue of Neuron, Rungta et al. (2018) characterize the contribution of different vascular compartments in generating this increase and outline the time course of arteriole and capillary dilation in generating functional hyperemia.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)248-250
Number of pages3
JournalNeuron
Volume99
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 25 2018

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Neuroscience

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