The blood-CSF barrier explained: When development is not immaturity

BioEssays

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-248

  Johansson, Pia A ^a   Dziegielewska, Katarzyna M ^a   Liddelow, Shane A ^a   Saunders, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BARRIER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL TRANSFER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHOROID PLEXUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERMEABILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40349112963     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20718     Document Type: Review

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