In Alzheimer’s disease, blood flows sluggishly through the brain, partly because Aβ provokes small blood vessels to constrict. In the June 20 Science, researchers led by David Attwell at University ...

Loss of pericytes, delicate cells that surround the smallest blood vessels in the brain, may contribute to white-matter disease, a breakdown of the myelinated neurons in the brain. That’s according to ...

Pericytes are a type of cells found in the brain's blood vessels. Using advanced imaging technique, it was found that these cells grow even in the empty spaces when the pericytes die, reveals a new ...

USC researchers have discovered a secret sauce in the brain's vascular system that preserves the neurons needed to keep dementia and other diseases at bay. The finding, in a mouse model of the human ...

Abstract and Introduction Research Design and Methods Results Discussion References In summary, our study highlights the importance of the cross-talk between capillary cells as well as the role of ...

Discovering the role of pericytes in the blood-retinal barrier suggesting pathogenetic insights into diabetic retinopathy, outlines a new report. Inside the eye, at the interface between blood vessels ...

Extended periods of limb immobilization -- whether from long-term bed rest, casting, spaceflight, or other circumstances -- can reduce skeletal muscle mass and strength to the extent that recovery is ...

A team of scientists from the United States has recently conducted a study using pericyte-like cell-containing brain cortical organoids as an experimental model to investigate the impact of severe ...

Immunomodulatory effects of bevacizumab in metastatic malignant melanoma. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the Markers in Cancer. This abstract does not include a full text component.

Pericytes wrap around endothelial cells and have important roles in supporting the growth and maintenance of blood vessels. Previous work indicated that venular pericytes facilitate the initial ...