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Abstract
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.
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14 entry terms
- Brain-Blood Barrier
- Hemato-Encephalic Barrier
- Barrier, Blood-Brain
- Barrier, Brain-Blood
- Barrier, Hemato-Encephalic
- Barriers, Blood-Brain
- Barriers, Brain-Blood
- Barriers, Hemato-Encephalic
- Blood Brain Barrier
- Blood-Brain Barriers
- Brain Blood Barrier
- Brain-Blood Barriers
- Hemato Encephalic Barrier
- Hemato-Encephalic Barriers
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23 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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coord IM with endogenous substance /metab (IM) or exogenous substance /pharmacokin (IM)
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History Note
66; was HEMATO-ENCEPHALIC BARRIER 1963-65
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WL 200
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Blood-Brain Barrier. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001812. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001812
- Blood-Brain Barrier. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%E2%80%93brain_barrier
- Blood-Brain Barrier. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221694