Anatomy and physiology of the blood-brain barrier

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 2-6

  Serlin, Yonatan ^a   Shelef, Ilan ^b   Knyazer, Boris ^b   Friedman, Alon ^a,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Neuroglia; Neurovascular unit; Vessel permeability

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; DRUG TRANSPORT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; METABOLISM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; VASCULARIZATION;

DRUG;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 84928204948     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2015.01.002     Document Type: Review

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