Neurogenic control of the cerebral microcirculation: is dopamine minding
the store?
Costantino Iadecola
Costantino Iadecola is at the Laboratory of Cerebrovascular
Biology and Stroke, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota,
Box 295 UMHC, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55455, USA iadec001@tc.umn.edu
Cerebral blood flow is highly regulated by neural activity. New anatomical
and functional evidence suggests that dopamine neurons may play a key role
in this process.