Close-Up of Precapillary Sphincter (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Close-Up of Precapillary Sphincter

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Close-up of precapillary sphincter (the strong red mark in the middle of the greenly marked blood flow) from two-photon microscope. According to the research results, these squeezing muscle cells are in the brain most often found at the early branches of blood vessels in the upper layers of the cerebral cortex.

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Lauritzen Lab, University of Copenhagen

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