red blood cells (IMAGE)

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red blood cells

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The researchers found that red blood cell "traffic" (top grey bar) appears to contribute to oxygenation fluctuations (white line), which are not correlated to changes in neural activity (bottom blue peaks) in mice brains (top right).

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Drew Lab and Yongsoo Kim Lab

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