Astrocyte endfeet march to the beat of different vessels

Nature Neuroscience 19, 1539 (2016). doi:10.1038/nn.4446 Authors: Ravi L Rungta & Serge Charpak During synaptic activation, the function of astrocyte endfeet depends on the vascular target: at the capillary, but not at the arteriole, a newly described P2X1R–phospholipase D2 pathway modulates prostaglandin E2 release and vessel dilation.
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