The Potential Role of Hydrogen Sulfide in the Regulation of Cerebrovascular Tone.

ABSTRACT: A better understanding of the regulation of cerebrovascular circulation is of great importance because stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases represent a major concern in healthcare leading to millions of deaths yearly. The circulation of the central nervous system is regulated in a highly complex manner involving many local factors and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is emerging as one such possible factor. Several lines of evidence support that H2S takes part in the regulation of vascular tone. Examinations using either exogenous treatment with H2S donor molecules or alterations to the enzymes that are endogenously producing this molecule revealed numerous important findings about its physiological and pathophysiological role. The great majority of these studies were performed on vessel segmen

SUBMITTER: Dongo E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7766080 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature