Agrin, aquaporin-4, and astrocyte polarity as an important feature of the blood-brain barrier

Neuroscientist

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-193

  Wolburg, Hartwig ^a   Noell, Susan ^a   Wolburg Buchholz, Karen ^a   MacK, Andreas ^a   Fallier Becker, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agrin; Astrocytes; Blood brain barrier; Endothelial cells; Extracellular matrix; Freeze fracture; Tight junctions; Transporter

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; AQUAPORIN 4; DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLIOVASCULAR COMPLEX; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELL POLARITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 63349110343     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858408329509     Document Type: Article

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