Engaging neuroscience to advance translational research in brain barrier biology

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 169-182

  Neuwelt, Edward A ^a,b   Bauer, Björn ^c   Fahlke, Christoph ^d   Fricker, Gert ^e   Iadecola, Constantino ^f   Janigro, Damir ^g   Leybaert, Luc ^h   Molnár, Zoltán ⁱ   O'Donnell, Martha E ^j   Povlishock, John T ^k   Saunders, Norman R ^l   Sharp, Frank ^m   Stanimirovic, Danica ⁿ   Watts, Ryan J ^o   Drewes, Lester R ^p  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^o GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN ZO1; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MALARIA; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANAVAN DISEASE; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEPRESSION; DYSTONIA; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; EXERCISE INDUCED DYSTONIA; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HIV ASSOCIATED DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIGHT JUNCTION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROSCIENCES; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

EID: 79951922143     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn2995     Document Type: Review

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