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  • The study by Rungta et al. explores how blood flow to the brain increases in areas with heightened activity.
  • It focuses on the role of different blood vessel types, particularly arterioles and capillaries, in this process called functional hyperemia.
  • The research also details the timing of how quickly these vessels dilate in response to increased brain activity.

Article Abstract

Cerebral blood flow increases in regions of increased brain activity. In this issue of Neuron, Rungta et al. (2018) characterize the contribution of different vascular compartments in generating this increase and outline the time course of arteriole and capillary dilation in generating functional hyperemia.

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