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Christian Staehr
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MD, PhD. Postdoc studying cerebral circulation, neurovascular coupling. Dad of three amazing kids.
Reposted by Christian Staehr
🔗 Full Open Access manuscript: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Brain precapillary sphincters modulate myogenic tone in adult and aged mice - GeroScience
Brain precapillary sphincters, which are surrounded by contractile pericytes and are located at the junction of penetrating arterioles and first-order capillaries, can increase their diameter by ~ 30%...
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June 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Also fascinating: cerebral arteries show a stronger myogenic response at lower pressures than extracranial vessels—likely a protective mechanism to prevent a pressure surge to the brain when drinking (🤯 avoided!).
May 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Thank you, Anna 🙏
March 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Our review did not only focus on cardiac arrest but acute treatment of hyperkalemia in general. Anyways, thanks for sharing 👍 an interesting study indeed.
March 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM