“…Such neurovascular dysfunction would aggravate the CBF reduction in critically perfused deep white matter regions and contribute to the white matter damage. Accordingly, scavenging of free radicals or approaches to suppress inflammation counteract white matter damage and behavioral deficits in rodent models of cerebral hypoperfusion (Dong et al, 2011; Kim et al, 2008a; Maki et al, 2011; Ueno et al, 2009; Wakita et al, 2008; Wang et al, 2010; Washida et al, 2010; Zhang et al, 2011). NADPH oxidase, a multiunit enzyme particularly enriched in cerebral blood vessels (Miller et al, 2005), has emerges as an important source in vascular oxidative stress in aging, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes (Faraci, 2011), and inhibition or genetic inactivation of this enzyme has been shown to ameliorate the vascular dysfunction (Drummond et al, 2011).…”