Delivery of chemotherapeutic agents to the tumor site is impeded by the blood–brain barrier (BBB), and therapeutic success is therefore limited. OSMOTIC BBB DISRUPTION can alleviate this ...

“Nanoscale plastics can breach the blood-brain barrier, [but] how [microplastics] cause brain functional irregularities ...

The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is meant to protect the brain from noxious agents; however, it also significantly hinders the delivery of therapeutics to the brain. Several strategies have been ...

entering the brain and perhaps priming the blood-brain barrier's membrane to attract other immune cells -- opening the door for those cells to do their inflammatory damage, according to a study ...

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a cellular fortress that regulates what comes in and goes out of the brain. It ensures that the brain has access to key nutrients while protecting it from pathogens ...

The research is published in Nature. "Choline is a vitamin ... specialized cells that separates the blood from the brain.

In healthy aging, scientists observed small leaks in the blood-brain barrier. These minor leaks are linked to normal ...

The powerful blood-brain barrier, the thinking goes, keeps the organ mostly free from outside invaders. But are we sure that a healthy human brain doesn’t have a microbiome of its own?

The study has been published in the journal Nature Communications ... brain but it has been suggested to occur through the blood-brain barrier. A few years ago, a receptor called the Very Low ...