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Blood Brain Barrier
Blood Brain Barrier: a highly selective semipermeable border that separates the circulating blood from the brain and extracellular fluid in the central nervous system (or CNS). Also known as the BBB, typically formed by endothelial cells of the capillary wall, astrocyte end-feet ensheathing the capillary, and pericytes embedded in the capillary basement membrane.
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NOV 16, 2015Neuroscience
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A team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, UC Berkeley and Charité-Univer ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
NOV 16, 2015
Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB, is essentially the gatekeeper of the brain. Certain substances can pass through it, but
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease effects millions of people worldwide. According to Alzheimer’s Disease International the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 22, 2015
Videos
Because the brain is such a critical organ for the functionality of your body, your body has adapted to protect it with
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 26, 2015
Cancer
Cancer researchers, always looking for more effective and less toxic approaches to stopping the disease, recently launch
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 22, 2015
Neuroscience
Treating an aggressive brain tumor may have come one step closer to reality recently as a company developing a novel the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 29, 2015
Cancer
While cancer research often focuses on genetic mutations that cause different cancers, a new study published in the jour
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 26, 2015
Neuroscience
There's good fat, and then there's really good fat.
Two separate studies have pointed to the key role played ...
Two separate studies have pointed to the key role played ...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 18, 2015
Neuroscience
Akin to the way chainmail's tight weave repels an attacking sword blade, the blood-brain barrier keeps guard of our brai
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 20, 2015
Cancer
Brain tumors are notoriously difficult for most drugs to reach, but Yale researchers have found a promising but unlikely
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Cancer
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a small RNA molecule called miR-182 that can suppress cancer-causing ge
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles have been looking into the effects of air pollution. While it sh
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 27, 2015
Immunology
A team at Rockefeller University tracked the appearance and disappearance of protein coats within the blood of mice infe
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 20, 2015
Microbiology
When Tsimane men come home to their families after a day of hunting, their levels of oxytocin-the "love hormone"-go up.<
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Two groups have recently made strides with amyloid beta (aβ), the supposed main villain in Alzheimer's disease. But whil
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Queensland scientists have found that non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 05, 2015
Microbiology
The microbiome and its role in our heath and well-being has been receiving a lot of publicity recently. According to an
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAY 23, 2014
Neuroscience
A team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheva, Israel, UC Berkeley and Charité-Univer
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider