Control of the blood-brain barrier by glucocorticoids and the cells of the neurovascular unit

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1165, Issue , 2009, Pages 228-239

  Kröll, Susanne ^a   El Gindi, Jehad ^a   Thanabalasundaram, Gokulan ^a   Panpumthong, Patcharee ^b   Schrot, Sebastian ^a   Hartmann, Christoph ^a   Galla, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Blood brain barrier; Cerebral endothelial cells; Extracellular matrix; Glucocorticoids; Pericytes; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 5; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CELL INTERACTION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE; TIGHT JUNCTION; UPREGULATION;

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EID: 67249117305     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04040.x     Document Type: Article

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