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中枢神経系の毛細血管直径をペリサイトによって双方向的に制御する

Claire M Peppiatt1, Clare Howarth, Peter Mobbs

  • 1Department of Physiology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

Nature
|October 13, 2006
PubMed
まとめ

脳の毛細血管を覆う細胞であるペリサイトは,血流を制御することができます. この発見は伝統的な見解に異議を唱え,機能的イメージング信号と中枢神経系血管疾患を説明する可能性がある.

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