[HTML][HTML] What is the key mediator of the neurovascular coupling response?

PS Hosford, AV Gourine - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The mechanisms of neurovascular coupling contribute to ensuring brain energy supply is
sufficient to meet demand. Despite significant research interest, the mechanisms underlying …

Dysregulation of Ion Channels and transporters and blood-brain barrier dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia

R Liu, JM Collier, NH Abdul-Rahman… - Aging and …, 2024‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) plays a critical role in maintaining ion and fluid homeostasis,
essential for brain metabolism and neuronal function. Regulation of nutrient, water, and ion …

Astrocytes monitor cerebral perfusion and control systemic circulation to maintain brain blood flow

N Marina, IN Christie, A Korsak, M Doronin… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Astrocytes provide neurons with essential metabolic and structural support, modulate
neuronal circuit activity and may also function as versatile surveyors of brain milieu, tuned to …

Precapillary sphincters and pericytes at first-order capillaries as key regulators for brain capillary perfusion

SA Zambach, C Cai, HCC Helms, BO Hald… - Proceedings of the …, 2021‏ - pnas.org
Rises in local neural activity trigger local increases of cerebral blood flow, which is essential
to match local energy demands. However, the specific location of microvascular flow control …

Opening of ATP sensitive potassium channels causes migraine attacks with aura

MAM Al-Karagholi, H Ghanizada, CAW Nielsen… - Brain, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Migraine afflicts more than one billion individuals worldwide and is a leading cause of years
lived with disability. In about a third of individuals with migraine aura occur in relation to …

[HTML][HTML] Partial MCT1 invalidation protects against diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and the associated brain dysfunction

A Hadjihambi, C Konstantinou, J Klohs, K Monsorno… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Background & Aims Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been associated with
mild cerebral dysfunction and cognitive decline, although the exact pathophysiological …

Brain capillary pericytes are metabolic sentinels that control blood flow through a KATP channel-dependent energy switch

A Hariharan, CD Robertson, DCG Garcia, TA Longden - Cell reports, 2022‏ - cell.com
Despite the abundance of capillary thin-strand pericytes and their proximity to neurons and
glia, little is known of the contributions of these cells to the control of brain hemodynamics …

Pericytes as the Orchestrators of Vasculature and Adipogenesis

CC Picoli, A Birbrair, Z Li - Genes, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
Pericytes (PCs) are located surrounding the walls of small blood vessels, particularly
capillaries and microvessels. In addition to their functions in maintaining vascular integrity …

[HTML][HTML] KCNJ8/ABCC9-containing K-ATP channel modulates brain vascular smooth muscle development and neurovascular coupling

K Ando, L Tong, D Peng, E Vázquez-Liébanas… - Developmental Cell, 2022‏ - cell.com
Loss-or gain-of-function mutations in ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K-ATP)-encoding
genes, KCNJ8 and ABCC9, cause human central nervous system disorders with unknown …

Aging exacerbates impairments of cerebral blood flow autoregulation and cognition in diabetic rats

S Wang, W Lv, H Zhang, Y Liu, L Li, JR Jefferson… - Geroscience, 2020‏ - Springer
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a leading risk factor for aging-related dementia; however, the
underlying mechanisms are not well understood. The present study, utilizing a non-obese …