Two-photon microscopy as a tool to study blood flow and neurovascular coupling in the rodent brain

AY Shih, JD Driscoll, PJ Drew… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The cerebral vascular system services the constant demand for energy during neuronal
activity in the brain. Attempts to delineate the logic of neurovascular coupling have been …

[HTML][HTML] Through the looking glass: a review of cranial window technology for optical access to the brain

SW Cramer, RE Carter, JD Aronson… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2021 - Elsevier
Deciphering neurologic function is a daunting task, requiring understanding the neuronal
networks and emergent properties that arise from the interactions among single neurons …

Flow of cerebrospinal fluid is driven by arterial pulsations and is reduced in hypertension

H Mestre, J Tithof, T Du, W Song, W Peng… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) through perivascular spaces (PVSs) in the brain is
important for clearance of metabolic waste. Arterial pulsations are thought to drive flow, but …

Brain capillary pericytes exert a substantial but slow influence on blood flow

DA Hartmann, AA Berthiaume, RI Grant, SA Harrill… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The majority of the brain's vasculature is composed of intricate capillary networks lined by
capillary pericytes. However, it remains unclear whether capillary pericytes influence blood …

Cerebral arterial pulsation drives paravascular CSF–interstitial fluid exchange in the murine brain

JJ Iliff, M Wang, DM Zeppenfeld… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
CSF from the subarachnoid space moves rapidly into the brain along paravascular routes
surrounding penetrating cerebral arteries, exchanging with brain interstitial fluid (ISF) and …

Entrainment of arteriole vasomotor fluctuations by neural activity is a basis of blood-oxygenation-level-dependent “resting-state” connectivity

C Mateo, PM Knutsen, PS Tsai, AY Shih, D Kleinfeld - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
Resting-state signals in blood-oxygenation-level-dependent (BOLD) imaging are used to
parcellate brain regions and define" functional connections" between regions. Yet a …

Reversibly modulating the blood–brain barrier by laser stimulation of molecular-targeted nanoparticles

X Li, V Vemireddy, Q Cai, H Xiong, P Kang, X Li… - Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is highly selective and acts as the interface between the
central nervous system and circulation. While the BBB is critical for maintaining brain …

Removable cranial windows for long-term imaging in awake mice

GJ Goldey, DK Roumis, LL Glickfeld, AM Kerlin… - Nature protocols, 2014 - nature.com
Cranial window implants in head-fixed rodents are becoming a preparation of choice for
stable optical access to large areas of the cortex over extended periods of time. Here we …

Tau induces PSD95–neuronal NOS uncoupling and neurovascular dysfunction independent of neurodegeneration

L Park, K Hochrainer, Y Hattori, SJ Ahn, A Anfray… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cerebrovascular abnormalities have emerged as a preclinical manifestation of Alzheimer's
disease and frontotemporal dementia, diseases characterized by the accumulation of …

Precapillary sphincters maintain perfusion in the cerebral cortex

S Grubb, C Cai, BO Hald, L Khennouf… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Active nerve cells release vasodilators that increase their energy supply by dilating local
blood vessels, a mechanism termed neurovascular coupling and the basis of BOLD …