blood-brainbarrier(BBB)HuafuQ:279486524KeyfunctionsoftheBBBDiscoveryoftheblood-brainbarrierAnatomyoftheblood-brainbarrierCircumventricularorgansFactorsthatcanlowertheblood-brainbarrierBlood-brainborderandGlucoseBlood-brainbarrierpermeabilityinthemousebrainOutlineKeyfunctionsoftheBBBAmechanismthatcontrolsthepassageofsubstancesfromthebloodintothecerobrospinalfluidandthusintothebrainandspinalcord
Theblood-brainbarrier(BBB)letsessentialmetabolites,suchasoxygenandglucose,passfromthebloodtothebrainandcentralnervoussystem(CNS)butblocksmostmoleculesthataremoremassivethanabout500daltons
ThisisalowmassinbiomoleculartermsandmeansthateverythingfromhormonesandneurotransmitterstovirusesandbacteriaarerefusedaccesstothebrainbytheBBB
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