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Here, we used jGCaMP8f and two photon microscopy to investigate Ca\n                  <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                  signaling in multiple astrocyte subcompartments, concurrent with changes in cerebral arteriole activity, in fully awake eight-month-old male and female 5xFAD mice, a model for AD-like pathology, and wild-type (WT) littermates. In the absence of movement, spontaneous Ca\n                  <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                  transients in barrel cortex occurred more frequently in astrocyte somata, processes, and perivascular regions of 5xFAD mice. However, evoked arteriole dilations (in response to air puff stimulation of contralateral whiskers) and concurrent Ca\n                  <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                  transients across astrocyte compartments were reduced in 5xFAD mice relative to WTs. Synchronous activity within multi-cell astrocyte networks was also impaired in the 5xFAD group. Using a custom application to assess functional coupling between astrocyte endfeet and immediately adjacent arteriole segments, we detected deficits in Ca\n                  <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                  response probability in 5xFAD mice. Moreover, endfeet Ca\n                  <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                  transients following arteriole dilations exhibited a slower onset, reduced amplitude, and lacked relative proportionality to vasomotive activity compared to WTs. The results reveal nuanced alterations in 5xFAD reactive astrocytes highlighted by impaired signaling fidelity between astrocyte endfeet and cerebral arterioles. The results have important implications for the mechanistic underpinnings of brain hypometabolism and the disruption of neurophysiological communication found in AD and other neurodegenerative conditions.\n                <\/jats:p>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Significance Statement<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Astrocytes are an essential component of the neurovascular unit. Chronically reactive astrocyte phenotypes are mechanistically linked to deleterious features of Alzheimer\u2019s disease (AD) including impaired cerebral blood flow, hypometabolism, and synapse dysfunction\/loss. Here, we show that reactive astrocytes in a fully awake mouse model of AD-like amyloid pathology are spontaneously hyperactive, exhibit impaired functional connectivity, and respond to dilations in immediately adjacent arterioles with poor fidelity. 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