A Novel In Vitro Model to Study Pericytes in the Neurovascular Unit of the Developing Cortex

Cortical function is impaired in various disorders of the central nervous system including Alzheimer’s disease, autism and schizophrenia. Some of these disorders are speculated to be associated with insults in early brain development. Pericytes have been shown to regulate neurovascular integrity in...

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Main Authors: Zehendner, Christoph M., Wedler, Hannah E., Luhmann, Heiko J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3836850/