Mesh-like network of arteries adjusts to restore blood flow to stroke-injured brain

Monday, February 2, 2009 - 04:49 in Health & Medicine

A grid of small arteries at the surface of the brain redirects flow and widens at critical points to restore blood supply to tissue starved of nutrients and oxygen following a stroke, a study published this week has found. 'This is optimistic news,' said David Kleinfeld, a physics professor at the University of California, San Diego, whose group studies blood flow in animal models of stroke...

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