Microglia make direct contact with the cerebral vasculature through gaps between adjacent astrocyte endfeet — The Association Specialists

Microglia make direct contact with the cerebral vasculature through gaps between adjacent astrocyte endfeet — The Association Specialists

Microglia make direct contact with the cerebral vasculature through gaps between adjacent astrocyte endfeet

Microglia make direct contact with the cerebral vasculature through gaps between adjacent astrocyte endfeet (21520)

Gary P Morris ¹ , Catherine G Foster ¹ ² , Brad A Sutherland ¹ , Soren Grubb ³

Tasmanian School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TASMANIA, Australia
Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Center for Translational Neuromedicine, Faculty of Health Sciences DK-2200 , University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen , Denmark

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Authors contributing to this abstract.

Morris, G.P

Dr. Gary Morris (BSc, MSc, PhD) is a Research Fellow and Lecturer in the Discipline of Medical Sciences, Tasmanian School of Medicine, in the College of Health and Medicine. The major theme of his research is to understand how non-neuronal cells residing within the brain, and around the vasculature of the brain, contribute to brain blood flow and blood-brain-barrier protection in the healthy and injured brain. In particular, Gary is investigating how injury to pericytes, contractile cells residing on the outside of blood vessels throughout the body, and microglia, the immune cells of the brain, may contribute to microvascular dysfunction in multiple neurological conditions, with a particular focus on stroke and Alzheimer’s disease dementia.

Foster, C.G

Sutherland, B.A

Grubb, S