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SUBMITTER: Himmels P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5343469 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20170306
Formation of a precise vascular network within the central nervous system is of critical importance to assure delivery of oxygen and nutrients and for accurate functionality of neuronal networks. Vascularization of the spinal cord is a highly stereotypical process. However, the guidance cues controlling blood vessel patterning in this organ remain largely unknown. Here we describe a new neuro-vascular communication mechanism that controls vessel guidance in the developing spinal cord. We show th ...[more]