ReviewAging and disease2023
Emerging Links between Cerebral Blood Flow Regulation and Cognitive Decline: A Role for Brain Microvascular Pericytes.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Chronic Aerobic Exercise Alleviates Amyloid-induced Capillary Dysfunction.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- Prevalence and associated factors of cognitive impairment among hospitalized older adults with depression: a cross-sectional study from a tertiary psychiatric hospital in Guangzhou, China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Hippocampal vascularization pattern and cerebral blood flow cooperatively modulate hippocampal tolerable amount of Aβ deposition in the occurrence of MCI.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2025Article
- Abnormal neurovascular coupling exists in patients with peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis: evidence from a multi-mode MRI study.Clinical kidney journal · 2025Article
- Large inter-arm systolic blood pressure difference is associated with cognitive impairment in older adults: a cross-sectional study in rural southwest China.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- COVID-19 Exacerbates Neurovascular Uncoupling and Contributes to Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment.Biomolecules · 2024Article
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Abstract
Cognitive impairment associated with vascular etiology has been of considerable interest in the development of dementia. Recent studies have started to uncover cerebral blood flow deficits in initiating cognitive deterioration. Brain microvascular pericytes, the only type of contractile cells in capillaries, are involved in the precise modulation of vascular hemodynamics due to their ability to regulate resistance in the capillaries. They exhibit potential in maintaining the capillary network geometry and basal vascular tone. In addition, pericytes can facilitate better blood flow supply in response to neurovascular coupling. Their dysfunction is thought to disturb cerebral blood flow causing metabolic imbalances or structural injuries, leading to consequent cognitive decline. In this review, we summarize the characteristics of microvascular pericytes in brain blood flow regulation and outline the framework of a two-hit hypothesis in cognitive decline, where we emphasize how pericytes serve as targets of cerebral blood flow dysregulation that occurs with neurological challenges, ranging from genetic factors, aging, and pathological proteins to ischemic stress.
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