CHANGES WITH AGE IN CEREBRAL CAPILLARY MORPHOLOGY
CHANGES WITH AGE IN CEREBRAL CAPILLARY MORPHOLOGY
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DOI:
10.1016/0197-4580(81)90037-3
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
GAETANO, PK
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作者:
BURNS, EM;KRUCKEBERG, TW;GAETANO, PK
Age related alterations in cerebral capillary morphology were investigated in 4, 10 and 20 yr old monkeys (Macaca nemestrina) and in 1, 14, 35, 180 and 800 day old Sprague-Dawley rats. The following changes were revealed with increasing age: a significant decrease in cerebral capillary wall thickness in frontal cortex in monkeys but not in rats; a significant increase in the thickness of basal lamina (BL) of cerebral capillaries in rats but not in monkeys, but there was a marked increase in this parameter in the monkey between 4 and 10 yr of age; a significant decline in cerebral capillary endothelial mitochondrial content in monkeys whereas a significant decline in this parameter in rats was found only when the peak content at 35 days was contrasted with that at 800 days of age; and, aberrant tight junctions and thickened BL in one of 5 20-yr old monkeys. Impairment of barrier characteristics of cerebral capillaries with increasing age is suggested in both the rat and the monkey.