The Gulf War, stress and a leaky blood-brain barrier

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1307-1308

  Hanin, Israel ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; DRUG PENETRATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MICE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; STRESS;

EID: 0029821530     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm1296-1307     Document Type: Short Survey

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