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Cardiovascular System > Blood-Brain Barrier
Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Blood-Brain Barrier

Preferred term

Blood-Brain Barrier  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Brain-Blood Barrier
  • Hemato-Encephalic Barrier

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-ZK5L5LB9-5

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