"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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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 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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Reconstruction of the human blood-brain barrier in vitro reveals a pathogenic mechanism of APOE4 in pericytes. Nat Med. 2020 06; 26(6):952-963.
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Focused ultrasound opening of the blood-brain barrier for treatment of Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord. 2019 09; 34(9):1274-1278.
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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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Vascular dysfunction-The disregarded partner of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2019 01; 15(1):158-167.
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Pericyte degeneration causes white matter dysfunction in the mouse central nervous system. Nat Med. 2018 03; 24(3):326-337.
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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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Structural Elucidation of the Cell-Penetrating Penetratin Peptide in Model Membranes at the Atomic Level: Probing Hydrophobic Interactions in the Blood-Brain Barrier. Biochemistry. 2016 09 06; 55(35):4982-96.