Possibility of linear dependence between vascular wall tension and blood flow in precortical arterioles.

Bull Exp Biol Med

Laboratory of General Microcirculation Pathology, Institute of General Pathology and Pathological Physiology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow.

Published: April 2002

Intravital microscopy was used to determine the diameter and length of pial cortical arterioles in rat brain. Mathematical model yielded a formula showing that regulation of arteriolar wall tension results in autoregulation of the blood flow.

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