New research on tiny capillaries and cells called pericytes details how blood moves through over 400 miles of total vasculature in the human brain. While the human brain has over 400 miles of total ...

Researchers at Boston University and Massachusetts General Hospital have shown that even brief stalls in tiny brain capillaries can cause sudden drops in oxygen, with levels sometimes falling ...

When you sit quietly for a moment listening to your heart pump blood through your body, do you think about blood vessels as a firehose drenching your organs and brain with red blood cells full of ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has received $4.7 million from ...

Credit: Becton, Dickinson and Company. The system consists of a capillary blood collection tube and a finger sleeve that is intended for use by a trained health care provider, without the need of a ...

Harmless, fluorescent proteins allow scientists to track blood flow in mice. The advance could help researchers monitor and understand disease progression. The corresponding study was published in ...

This study is led by Dr.Ningli Wang and Dr.Yuan Xie (Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University), they provide evidence that retinal microvasculature is a potential biomarker for cerebral ...

While the human brain has over 400 miles of total vasculature, little is known about the tiny capillaries that make up much of this intricate labyrinth of blood vessels critical for delivering ...