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Dr. Jake Cashion
@jakecashion.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher @universityofmanchester | neurovascular and glial biology 🧠 | neurodegenerative diseases
Reposted by Dr. Jake Cashion
Here's a fun one for #FluorescenceFriday. Did you know #marsupials have an entirely different CNS vascular anatomy to most animals? Arterioles and venules enter the brain and branch in unison, terminating at capillary loops. Check out this example from a #TasmanianDevil brain! (1/2)
November 29, 2024 at 12:43 AM
Reposted by Dr. Jake Cashion
Latest preprint from the lab!

Vascular mural cells protect the adult brain from haemorrhage but do not control the blood-brain barrier in developing zebrafish

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Vascular mural cells protect the adult brain from haemorrhage but do not control the blood-brain barrier in developing zebrafish
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) protects the brain from circulating metabolites and plays central roles in neurological diseases. Endothelial cells (ECs) of the BBB are enwrapped by mural cells includin...
www.biorxiv.org
November 20, 2024 at 6:23 AM
The primary cells of the neurovascular unit: endothelial cells🔵, pericytes🦑 and astrocytes🟢
November 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Pericytologists unite! 🩸🦑
Calling all #pericyte researchers!

Here's a list of us to start a community on Bluesky. Please feel free to reply to get added and share with your colleagues as more join!

go.bsky.app/GhVdxzC
November 19, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Reposted by Dr. Jake Cashion
There are lots of us missing, but so many joining so quickly

Please do share, and comment below to be added

go.bsky.app/5f2V6L6

(microglia starter pack also here by @mancusorenzo.bsky.social - bsky.app/starter-pack...)
November 17, 2024 at 7:10 PM