“…Corresponding changes in vessel diameter have been detected by intravital microscopy of pial arteries (16,46,54,59,359,419,420). Moreover, several surface reflectance and light transmission studies have detected reduced CBV preceding the hyperemia (FIGURE 5A; component I), or notched or jittery upstroke, in multiple species including rats and cats (98,163,227,299,303,305,306,359,407,442,444,474,479,481). Indeed, dramatic capillary red blood cell slowing, flow arrest, and even transient disappearance of red blood cells from capillary segments have all been observed (FIGURE 5B; component I), lasting as long as a minute during SD, without any evidence for focal or diffuse capillary narrowing or constriction, compression or collapse, or occlusion (59,479,480,490,491,532).…”