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Improved Understanding of Blood-Brain Barrier Health Has Implications for a Variety of Neurological Diseases – SciTechDaily
Hard skulls help protect our brains from physical injuries. In addition to a tough outer shell, brains have internal defenses, including a powerful shield called the blood-brain barrier that defends brain cells from substances in the bloodstream that are toxi…
Brain cells called astrocytes appear in green, and purple represents the leakage of the blood-brain barrier. Together they show that leakage occurs around areas where astrocytes have been ablated. Now, in a study with potential impacts on a variety of neurological diseases, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists have provided the first experimental evidence from a living organism to show that astrocytes are essential for blood-brain barrier health. Credit: Ben Heithoff et al/Virginia Te…
