D printed brain vessels support atherosclerosis research. The work from POSTECH uses an in vitro model of stenotic brain blood vessels.

Cerebrovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and stroke remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. A ...

Healthy brain function relies on a steady supply of blood. Disruptions in blood flow are linked to major neurological ...

Not all blood vessels play equal roles in brain health. To uncover how the brain regulates its complex circulation, ...

HEAD RUSH Blood vessels run through the brain delivering oxygen and nutrients — and maybe even commands — to nerve cells. Ralph Hutchings/Visuals Unlimited, Inc.

A new study in mice has identified a cellular communication system in the brain’s blood vessels that helps direct blood flow to regions that are active and in need of oxygen and nutrients. The ...

Hypervascular tumors of the brain and spinal cord pose serious challenges for neurosurgeons due to their dense blood vessel ...

Your brain’s own “border patrol” may be fueling Alzheimer’s and stroke, thanks to hidden genetic activity in immune and blood vessel cells.

Gpr124 Controls CNS Angiogenesis and Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity by Promoting Ligand-Specific Canonical Wnt Signaling. Developmental Cell, 2014; 31 (2): 248 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.08.018 ...

"We don't question whether brain cancer cells have the potential to express blood vessel markers and may occasionally find their way into blood vessels, but we do question the extent to which this ...

A greasy takeout meal might seem like an innocent Friday night indulgence. But recent research suggests that even a single ...

By 2010, it was known that mice missing TEM5, also known as GPR124, have defective blood vessel growth in the brain and spinal cord.