The blood-brain barrier is a selectively permeable barrier that protects the brain from pathogens, cancer cells and other dangers. When healthy, the BBB only allows an elite group of molecules in ...

The hypothalamus is a small but vital part of the brain situated below the thalamus and above the brainstem ... mainly because of the restrictive nature of the blood-brain barrier. The blood-brain ...

The hypothalamus is a small but vital part of the brain situated below ... mainly because of the restrictive nature of the blood-brain barrier. The blood-brain barrier, often referred to as ...

Getting therapeutic drugs past the blood-brain barrier has long been one of medicine's most difficult challenges, limiting ...

Blood-brain barrier (BBB) leakage measured with dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been associated with hemorrhagic transformation in acute ischemic stroke.

Dopamine maintains hope and motivation for life. Inflammation-associated compounds disrupt dopamine release, causing apathy.

Researchers have discovered a way to get anti-inflammatory medicine across the blood-brain barrier, opening the door to potential new therapies for a range of conditions, including Alzheimer's disease ...

A University of Manitoba-led study has successfully eliminated breast-cancer-derived brain tumors in mice, using a drug to ...

San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA Work on the blood–brain barrier and bacterial meningitis in KS Doran's laboratory is supported by funding from the NIH/NINDS (grant no.