Pericytes, the multifunctional cells that work within the walls of capillaries, have been a subject of focus in the study of vascular development, cerebral blood flow, cancer, and neurodevelopment ...

Pericytes—dainty little cells that decorate the brain’s smallest blood vessels— are drawing growing research interest, and controversy. For one, whether these cells help control cerebral blood flow ...

A recent study reveals that SARS-CoV-2 may damage blood vessels without infecting cells directly. A recent study reveals the details of how SARS-CoV-2 affects pericytes, a cell type critical for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new study reveals the crucial role of vascular system cells -- known as pericytes -- in the formation of long-term memories of life events -- memories that are lost in diseases such as Alzheimer's ...

Pericytes are the primary locus of matrix-mellaproteinase-9-dependent (MMP-9) capillary damage and blood leakage during ischemia, according to preclinical findings reported by Medical University of ...

Of all the body’s organs, the brain is the most like Area 51: Entry to the region is severely restricted, thanks to a barricade of cells and molecules known collectively as the blood-brain barrier.

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 ...

Research on long-term memories has largely focused on the role of neurons—the brain’s nerve cells. However, in recent years, scientists are discovering that other cell types are also vital in memory ...