July 30, 2024 by Pennsylvania State University Researchers used advanced imaging techniques to identify vascular cells and structures like blood vessels in mice brains. Credit: Kim Lab / Penn StateHealthy blood vessels matter for more than just heart health. Vascular well-being is critical for brain health and potentially in addressing age-related cognitive decline and neurodegenerative...
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Researcher discovers previously rejected function in the brain’s blood vessels
by University of Copenhagen Allegedly, they should not exist in the brain, the so-called precapillary sphincters—a kind of squeezing ‘muscle clamp’ between the larger and smaller vessels of the bloodstream. Close-up of precapillary sphincter (the strong red mark in the middle of the greenly marked blood flow) from two-photon microscope. According to the research results, these...