Pericyte endothelial gap junctions in human cerebral capillaries
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Brain Structure and Function
- Vol. 170 (2), 155-159
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00319000
Abstract
Human cerebral tissue has been ultrastructurally studied and gap junctions have been visualized between endothelial cells and pericytes that permit ion exchange. We propose that the functional interrelationship between endothelium and pericytes may play a role in the alteration of capillary diameter for the control of local cerebral blood flow.Keywords
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