Pathophysiology and probable etiology of cerebral small vessel disease in vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Y Inoue, F Shue, G Bu, T Kanekiyo - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2023 - Springer
Vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) is commonly caused by vascular
injuries in cerebral large and small vessels and is a key driver of age-related cognitive …

Emerging roles for CNS fibroblasts in health, injury and disease

CE Dorrier, HE Jones, L Pintarić… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent transcriptomic, histological and functional studies have begun to shine light on the
fibroblasts present in the meninges, choroid plexus and perivascular spaces of the brain and …

Single-cell dissection of the human brain vasculature

FJ Garcia, N Sun, H Lee, B Godlewski, H Mathys… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the importance of the cerebrovasculature in maintaining normal brain physiology
and in understanding neurodegeneration and drug delivery to the central nervous system …

Molecular anatomy of adult mouse leptomeninges

R Pietilä, F Del Gaudio, L He, E Vázquez-Liébanas… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Leptomeninges, consisting of the pia mater and arachnoid, form a connective tissue
investment and barrier enclosure of the brain. The exact nature of leptomeningeal cells has …

The neurovasculome: key roles in brain health and cognitive impairment: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

C Iadecola, EE Smith, J Anrather, C Gu, A Mishra… - Stroke, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Preservation of brain health has emerged as a leading public health priority for
the aging world population. Advances in neurovascular biology have revealed an intricate …

Advances and controversies in meningeal biology

C Betsholtz, B Engelhardt, GY Koh, DM McDonald… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The dura, arachnoid and pia mater, as the constituent layers of the meninges, along with
cerebrospinal fluid in the subarachnoid space and ventricles, are essential protectors of the …

Living on the edge of the CNS: meninges cell diversity in health and disease

J Derk, HE Jones, C Como, B Pawlikowski… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The meninges are the fibrous covering of the central nervous system (CNS) which contain
vastly heterogeneous cell types within its three layers (dura, arachnoid, and pia). The dural …

Fibrotic scar in CNS injuries: from the cellular origins of fibroblasts to the molecular processes of fibrotic scar formation

M Ayazi, S Zivkovic, G Hammel, B Stefanovic, Y Ren - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Central nervous system (CNS) trauma activates a persistent repair response that leads to
fibrotic scar formation within the lesion. This scarring is similar to other organ fibrosis in …

[HTML][HTML] How does neurovascular unit dysfunction contribute to multiple sclerosis?

JM Cashion, KM Young, BA Sutherland - Neurobiology of Disease, 2023 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system
(CNS) and the most common non-traumatic cause of neurological disability in young adults …

Neuronal activity drives IGF2 expression from pericytes to form long-term memory

K Pandey, B Bessières, SL Sheng, J Taranda, P Osten… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Investigations of memory mechanisms have been, thus far, neuron centric, despite the brain
comprising diverse cell types. Using rats and mice, we assessed the cell-type-specific …