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Information on BBB permeability

Brian zhil at online.no
Wed Mar 6 15:19:22 EST 2002


"Derek Soon" <d.soon at ion.ucl.ac.uk> skrev i melding
news:36b98eb1.0203060239.302643af at posting.google.com...
> I am starting a 3 year research post at the NMR unit, Institute of
> Neurology,
> Queen Square. As part of my research, I would like to look at blood
> brain
> barrier changes in MS more closely. As I have only started my research
> project,
> I am a relatively ignorant about our current understanding of the
> blood brain
> barrier, and I was wondering whether anyone would be able to suggest
> any good sources of information which would bring me up to date with
> regards to our understanding of what constitutes the normal blood
> brain barrier, (both structurally and biochemically) and what attempts
> have been made for quantifying the permeability of the barrier. I look
> forward very much to hearing from you.

You'll find the Blood-Brain barrier in an appendix in "Principles of Neural
Science".
Hope it helps - you'll probably find it at a library.

Brian





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