The Tight Junctions of the Leptomeningeal Blood-Cerebrospinal Fluid Barrier during Development

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 525-540

  Rascher, Gesa ^a   Wolburg, Hartwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Blood cerebrospinal fluid barrier; Freeze fracture; Leptomeningeal cells; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARP; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FREEZE FRACTURE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MENINX; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIGHT JUNCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CARPS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHICKENS; FREEZE FRACTURING; MENINGES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 1542421165     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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