A size selective vascular barrier in the rat area postrema formed by perivascular macrophages and the extracellular matrix

Neuroscience

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 498-509

  Willis, C L ^a   Garwood, C J ^a   Ray, D E ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

astrocyte; blood brain barrier; brain endothelial cell; circumventricular organs; claudin; tight junctions

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CLAUDIN 1; DEXTRAN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LAMININ; OCCLUDIN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRAVASATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; AREA POSTREMA; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; DEXTRANS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 36649031711     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.09.023     Document Type: Article

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