Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have uncovered how specialized cells surrounding small blood vessels, known ...

Perivascular spaces are involved in clearing waste and toxins from the brain and may be associated with the brain changes associated with aging. The study involved 414 people with an average age ...

In mice, killing off these perivascular macrophages caused blood vessels to stiffen and CSF flow to dwindle. Conversely, stimulating them with a growth factor restored arterial suppleness. Because ...

Research has previously shown that perivascular fat tissue in humans with coronary artery diseases is highly inflamed, leading to the belief that dysfunctional perivascular fat is the real culprit ...