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. 2012;10(8):e1001375.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001375. Epub 2012 Aug 14.

Pruning brain vasculature for efficiency

Caitlin Sedwick  1
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Pruning brain vasculature for efficiency

Caitlin Sedwick. PLoS Biol. 2012.
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Developing brain blood vasculature undergoes not only angiogenic sprouting (arrowheads), but also extensive vessel pruning (arrows) driven by blood flow.
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