blood-brain barrier
noun
: a naturally occurring barrier created by the modification of brain capillaries (as by reduction in fenestration and formation of tight cell-to-cell contacts) that prevents many substances from leaving the blood and crossing the capillary walls into the brain tissues
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Still, Jafari suspects that the problem is a result of a massive inflammatory reaction in the body that crosses the blood-brain barrier.
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
This unique combination provides a magnesium form that has a higher ability to cross the blood-brain barrier.
—Britannay Scanniello, Verywell Health, 1 Mar. 2024
That’s because Benadryl contains diphenhydramine HCl, a first-generation antihistamine that crosses the blood-brain barrier.
—Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 29 Feb. 2024
What leukotriene modifiers such as Singulair are not supposed to do is cross the blood-brain barrier.
—Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2024
Then, the ultrasound device agitates the bubbles with sound waves, creating gaps in the blood-brain barrier.
—Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 12 May 2023
But research suggests the chemical may cross the blood-brain barrier in a manner that triggers Parkinson’s disease, a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
Meanwhile, injured blood vessels compromise the sacred blood-brain barrier that normally protects sensitive neural tissue from irritating molecules flowing through the rest of the body.
—Celia Ford, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2023
This is also the first study that shows how quickly the blood-brain barrier closes after being opened by the ultrasound.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 May 2023
Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
This unique combination provides a magnesium form that has a higher ability to cross the blood-brain barrier.
—Britannay Scanniello, Verywell Health, 1 Mar. 2024
That’s because Benadryl contains diphenhydramine HCl, a first-generation antihistamine that crosses the blood-brain barrier.
—Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 29 Feb. 2024
What leukotriene modifiers such as Singulair are not supposed to do is cross the blood-brain barrier.
—Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2024
Then, the ultrasound device agitates the bubbles with sound waves, creating gaps in the blood-brain barrier.
—Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 12 May 2023
But research suggests the chemical may cross the blood-brain barrier in a manner that triggers Parkinson’s disease, a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
Meanwhile, injured blood vessels compromise the sacred blood-brain barrier that normally protects sensitive neural tissue from irritating molecules flowing through the rest of the body.
—Celia Ford, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2023
This is also the first study that shows how quickly the blood-brain barrier closes after being opened by the ultrasound.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 May 2023
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