The neurovascular unit of capillary blood vessels in the rat nervous system. A rapid-Golgi electron microscopic study.
Jorge A. Larriva-Sahd, Gema Martı́nez-Cabrera, Carlos Lozano‐Flores…·Alfredo Varela‐Echavarría
The paper describes a pericapillary organ in the rat nervous system composed of tripartite synapses and astrocytic endfeet, suggesting a mechanoreceptor role and presynaptic modulation by Piezo 1 mRNA.