A potential therapeutic target to treat cerebral blood alterations (IMAGE)

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

A potential therapeutic target to treat cerebral blood alterations

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Image of a human cerebral artery (above) and a mouse cerebral artery (below) obtained using Raman microspectroscopy. The sphingosine-1-phosphate, located mainly in the arachnoid membrane, can be seen in pink.

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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