Blood-brain barrier

Introduction: Blood-brain barrier

Description of Blood-brain barrier

Blood-brain barrier: Internal brain molecular structure that prevents some substances entering the brain from the bloodstream.

Blood-brain barrier: A network of blood vessels with closely spaced cells that makes it difficult for potentially toxic substances (such as anticancer drugs) to penetrate the blood vessel walls and enter the brain.
Source: National Institute of Health

Blood-brain barrier: a physical barrier and a system of cellular transport mechanisms which maintain homeostasis in the brain by restricting the entrance of potentially harmful chemicals from the blood and by allowing the entrance of essential nutrients.
Source: CRISP

Blood-brain barrier: 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.
Source: MeSH 2007

Blood-brain barrier: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Blood-brain barrier:

• Blood (1783 causes)
• Blood symptoms (2297 causes)
• Blood disease
• Blood disorder
• Brain
• Brain symptoms (2787 causes)
• Brain disease
• Brain disorder
• Barrier
• Internal

Abbreviation: Blood-brain barrier

Blood-brain barrier: An abbreviation for:
Source: CRISP

• BBB

Terms associated with Blood-brain barrier:

Terms Similar to Blood-brain barrier:

• Brain-Blood Barrier
• Hemato-Encephalic Barrier

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Capillary Permeability

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Blood-brain barrier

• Brain

Source - MeSH 2007

• brain
• cerebrovascular system

Source - CRISP

The term Blood-brain barrier can be used for:

• BCSFB (blood cerebrospinal fluid barrier)
• blood cerebrospinal fluid barrier

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Blood-brain barrier

The following list attempts to classify Blood-brain barrier into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Cardiovascular System
  • Blood-Brain Barrier

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Nervous System
  • Central Nervous System
    • Brain
      • Blood-Brain Barrier

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