Choroid plexus in the central nervous system: Biology and physiopathology

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 561-574

  Strazielle, Nathalie ^a   Ghersi Egea, Jean Francois ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Blood brain barrier; Brain development; CSF; Inflammatory response; Multidrug resistance; Organic anions

Indexed keywords

ANION; BICARBONATE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOPROTEIN P; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PREALBUMIN; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; THYROXINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULOTROPIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHOROID PLEXUS; EMBRYO; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVIEW;

EID: 0033948974     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/59.7.561     Document Type: Review

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