Diversity of neurovascular coupling dynamics along vascular arbors in layer II/III somatosensory cortex

Abstract

Rungta et al. utilized single whisker stimulation to map out functional hyperemia along vascular arbours from layer II/III to the surface of primary somatosensory cortex, in anesthetized and awake Thy1-GCaMP6 mice. They demonstrated the presence of a functional diversity not only between different brain regions but also at the level of different vascular arbours within supragranular layers of the cerebral cortex.