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Blood - brain barrier anatomy

Known as: Hemato-Encephalic Barrier, BBB, Blood Brain Barrier 
A network of blood vessels and tissue that is made up of closely spaced cells and helps keep harmful substances from reaching the brain. The blood… 
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ABCB1 protein, humanAstrocytesBCSFB (blood cerebrospinal fluid barrier)Blood Circulation

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BrainCerebrovascular system

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Review
2010
Review
2010
Looking at the blood–brain barrier: Molecular anatomy and possible investigation approaches
Review
2005
Review
2005
The role of insulin receptor signaling in the brain
Review
2003
Review
2003
Is Breakdown of the Blood-Brain Barrier Responsible for Lacunar Stroke, Leukoaraiosis, and Dementia?
Background— The pathogenesis of and relationship between small deep (lacunar) infarcts, cerebral white matter disease… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Antioxidant Therapy in Acute Central Nervous System Injury: Current State
Free radicals are highly reactive molecules generated predominantly during cellular respiration and normal metabolism. Imbalance… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Occludin as a possible determinant of tight junction permeability in endothelial cells.
Endothelial cells provide a crucial interface between blood and tissue environments. Free diffusion of substances across… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Oxygen radical mechanisms of brain injury following ischemia and reperfusion.
This review addresses current understanding of oxygen radical mechanisms as they relate to the brain during ischemia and… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
An Easier, Reproducible, and Mass‐Production Method to Study the Blood–Brain Barrier In Vitro
Abstract: To provide an “in vitro” system for studying brain capillary function, we have developed a process ofcoculture that… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The central neural connections of the area postrema of the rat
We applied the neuroanatomical tracers cholera toxin‐horseradish peroxidase and wheat germ agglutinin‐horseradish peroxidase to… 
Review
1983
Review
1983
Brain metabolism: a perspective from the blood-brain barrier.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Measurement of local cerebral blood flow with iodo [14C] antipyrine.
The autoradiographic diffusible tracer technique for the measurement of local cerebral blood flow was originally designed for use… 
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