Role of the CNS microvascular pericyte in the blood-brain barrier

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 637-644

  Balabanov, Roumen ^a   Dore Duffy, Paula ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Blood brain barrier; Central nervous system; Endothelial cells; Macrophage; Microvasculature; Pericyte

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VIMENTIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; PERICYTES;

EID: 0032530520     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19980915)53:6<637::AID-JNR1>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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