Electromagnetic fields and the blood-brain barrier

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-97

  Stam, Rianne ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Electromagnetic fields; Heating; Magnetic resonance imaging; Permeability; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IONIZATION; LIPOPHILICITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 77956647129     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: 18726321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2010.06.001     Document Type: Review

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