Possible new plan of attack for opening, closing blood-brain barrier
Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 09:32
in Biology & Nature
The gene that controls blood-brain barrier permeability through a little-studied phenomenon calledtranscytosis has been identified by researchers for the first time. The study, which was conducted in mice, offers a new way to devise strategies to open the blood-brain barrier for drug delivery or restore it in neurological disease.