Blood-vessel formation

Blood-vessel formation: Bridges that guide and unite

• Thomas Schmidt & Peter Carmeliet

Journal name:Nature

Volume:465,

Pages:697–699

Date published:(10 June 2010)

DOI:doi:10.1038/465697a

Published online:09 June 2010

To form new blood vessels, the endothelial tip cells of two existing vessels come together by the process of anastomosis. But how do they find each other? Macrophages seem to provide a bridge and mediate their union.

Some antipsychotic drug shrinks brain

Cited research: Nature Neurosci. doi:10.1038/nn.2572 (2010)

Some antipsychotic drugs cause side effects that include slowed movements and shaking — apparently by temporarily shrinking a part of the brain responsible for motor control.

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Neuroscience: Drug shrinks brain

Journal name:Nature

Volume:465,

Page:668

Date published:(10 June 2010)

DOI:doi:10.1038/465668c

Published online:09 June 2010