“…1C & 2A-C). We have connected a mechanistic NVC model for the control of arterioles (presented in [41]) with a Windkessel model of blood flow, pressure, volume, and hemoglobin content in arterioles, capillaries, and venules (presented by Barrett et al [34,42,43]), which finally is combined into a complete description of the BOLD signal using the model by Griffeth et al [44]. Our approach is the first model that is able to describe previously published data from different species (humans, mice, and macaques), consisting of multiple different measurement variables (diameter change of the vessels, different measures of CBV, CBF, transient hemoglobin changes, BOLD responses, and LFP) gathered using both optogenetic and sensory perturbations.…”