Concept information
Preferred term
Blood-Brain Barrier
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Barrier, Brain-Blood
- Barrier, Hemato-Encephalic
- Barriers, Brain-Blood
- Barriers, Hemato-Encephalic
- Brain Blood Barrier
- Brain-Blood Barrier
- Brain-Blood Barriers
- Hemato Encephalic Barrier
- Hemato-Encephalic Barrier
- Hemato-Encephalic Barriers
Note
- coord IM with endogenous substance /metab (IM) or exogenous substance /pharmacokin (IM)
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 66; was HEMATO-ENCEPHALIC BARRIER 1963-65
In other languages
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Finnish
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BBB
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001812
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