WEDNESDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- A radically different concept of how the brain's blood supply develops is outlined in a study led by Massachusetts General Hospital researchers.
In experiments with mice, the researchers found that blood vessels in the brain grow according to their own agenda beginning early in fetal development. They also found that the vasculature of an embryo's brain may actually guide later development of brain cells and their connections.
The findings were published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
