Associate Professor Andy Shih, USA : "Optical dissection of brain capillary function"
Speaker:
Associate Professor Andy Shih
Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Title: "Optical dissection of brain capillary function"
Abstract:
My laboratory uses in vivo multiphoton imaging and rodent models to shed light (quite literally) on regulation of cerebral blood flow. In particular, we have focused recent attention on the vast capillary networks that distribute blood throughout the brain. We use light to both visualize capillary structure and flow, as well as noninvasively manipulate neurovascular cells that control capillary flow. In my talk, I will walk the audience through our motivation for studying brain capillaries across the lifespan. I will talk about our recent findings on construction of capillary networks during early postnatal development, regulation of blood flow by pericytes, and capillary changes in gray and white matter that may contribute to metabolic insufficiencies arising with age and dementia.
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