"Blood-Brain Barrier" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Specialized non-fenestrated tightly-joined ENDOTHELIAL CELLS with TIGHT JUNCTIONS that form a transport barrier for certain substances between the cerebral capillaries and the BRAIN tissue.
| Descriptor ID |
D001812
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.035 A08.186.211.035
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| Concept/Terms |
Blood-Brain Barrier- Blood-Brain Barrier
- Barrier, Blood-Brain
- Barriers, Blood-Brain
- Blood Brain Barrier
- Blood-Brain Barriers
- Hemato-Encephalic Barrier
- Barrier, Hemato-Encephalic
- Barriers, Hemato-Encephalic
- Hemato Encephalic Barrier
- Hemato-Encephalic Barriers
- Brain-Blood Barrier
- Barrier, Brain-Blood
- Barriers, Brain-Blood
- Brain Blood Barrier
- Brain-Blood Barriers
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| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blood-Brain Barrier" by people in Profiles.
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Blood-Brain Barrier Crossing Renin-Angiotensin Drugs and Cognition in the Elderly: A Meta-Analysis. Hypertension. 2021 09; 78(3):629-643.
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Hippocampal blood-brain barrier of methamphetamine self-administering HIV-1 transgenic rats. Eur J Neurosci. 2021 01; 53(2):416-429.
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HIV infects astrocytes in vivo and egresses from the brain to the periphery. PLoS Pathog. 2020 06; 16(6):e1008381.
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Increased Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-D Following Brain Injury. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Mar 30; 20(7).
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The effects of blood and blood products on the arachnoid cell. Exp Brain Res. 2017 06; 235(6):1749-1758.
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Molecular Changes Associated with the Protective Effects of Angiopoietin-1 During Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown Post-Injury. Mol Neurobiol. 2017 08; 54(6):4232-4242.
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Endothelial ?-Catenin Signaling Is Required for Maintaining Adult Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity and Central Nervous System Homeostasis. Circulation. 2016 Jan 12; 133(2):177-86.
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Cinnamon ameliorates experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in mice via regulatory T cells: implications for multiple sclerosis therapy. PLoS One. 2015; 10(1):e0116566.
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Dietary fat composition and dementia risk. Neurobiol Aging. 2014 Sep; 35 Suppl 2:S59-64.
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Review: molecular pathogenesis of blood-brain barrier breakdown in acute brain injury. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2011 Feb; 37(1):3-23.