An astrocyte bridge from synapse to blood flow

Parri, Rheinallt and Crunelli, Vincenzo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7154-9752 2003. An astrocyte bridge from synapse to blood flow. Nature Neuroscience 6 (1) , pp. 5-6. 10.1038/nn0103-5

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Biosciences Research Institutes & Centres > Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHII)
ISSN:	1097-6256
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2022 10:05
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/61089

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