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Cardiovascular System > Blood-Nerve Barrier

Preferred term

Blood-Nerve Barrier  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The barrier between the perineurium of PERIPHERAL NERVES and the endothelium (ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR) of endoneurial CAPILLARIES. The perineurium acts as a diffusion barrier, but ion permeability at the blood-nerve barrier is still higher than at the BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-DDQNGPVF-4

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