Abstract
Neural activity locally Increases cerebral blood flow to deliver oxygen to working neurons. A new paper shows that astrocytes can detect
activity at glutamatergic synapses via calcium changes In astrocytic
endfeet and directly couple It to blood flow in vitro and In vivo.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 5-6 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Nature Neuroscience |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Astrocytes
- Brain
- Cerebrovascular Circulation
- Energy Metabolism
- Glutamic Acid
- Humans
- Microcirculation
- Presynaptic Terminals
- Signal Transduction
- Synaptic Transmission
- Vasodilation
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