"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,
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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 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 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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The effects of blood and blood products on the arachnoid cell. Exp Brain Res. 2017 06; 235(6):1749-1758.
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Dietary fat composition and dementia risk. Neurobiol Aging. 2014 Sep; 35 Suppl 2:S59-64.
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Ultrasound-mediated targeted drug delivery: recent success and remaining challenges. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2013 Feb 01; 304(3):H350-7.
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The blood-brain barrier in neurodegenerative disease: a rhetorical perspective. J Neurochem. 2009 Oct; 111(2):291-314.
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Evidence of angiogenic vessels in Alzheimer's disease. J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2009 May; 116(5):587-97.
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TNF-alpha knockout and minocycline treatment attenuates blood-brain barrier leakage in MPTP-treated mice. Neurobiol Dis. 2007 Apr; 26(1):36-46.
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Blood-brain barrier pathology in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease: implications for drug therapy. Cell Transplant. 2007; 16(3):285-99.
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6-Hydroxydopamine-induced alterations in blood-brain barrier permeability. Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Sep; 22(5):1158-68.
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Immunohistochemical detection of endothelial proteins. Methods Mol Med. 2003; 89:489-501.
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Ultracytochemical studies of the compromised blood-brain barrier. Methods Mol Med. 2003; 89:145-60.