Blood Vessel Constriction (VIDEO)

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Specialized microscope looking into the live mouse brain reveals that smooth muscle cells (cyan) surrounding blood vessels abnormally constrict during and after stroke causing permanent vessel blockage. This phenomenon could worsen the injury in stroke and provides a new target for potential drugs to improve stroke outcome.

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Courtesy of Grutzendler et al./Neuron 2015

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