#Neurovasculature changes from the #arterial to the #venular end. Here I have tried to draw the #cell morphologies realistically. #Endothelialcells go from spindle shaped to rhombic shaped and #muralcells from #smoothmuscle to #pericytes. #Astrocytes same shape. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🗺️We mapped #MuralCells — including #pericytes and #smoothmuscle — as vectors➡️ to visualize where #PrimaryCilia🌟 occur across the 🐁🧠 #microvasculature.
The result? A striking pattern: #cilia are abundant on #capillaries and #venules, but almost absent on #arterioles.
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🧠My lab has spent years studying the non-neuronal cells: oligodendrocytes, OPCs, astrocytes, microglia, pericytes. What we’ve found repeatedly: these cells are not passive bystanders at the interface.
They are active players in whether your BCI device keeps working or fails. #Glia #MuralCells