The blood-brain barrier in and out of cell culture.
During the past year, the blood-brain barrier has received much attention from neurobiologists and neurologists and real progress has been made in establishing cell-culture model systems that should make future studies more simple. Confusion about the development of the blood-brain barrier, and the exact role of astrocytes in this process persist, but these issues should soon be clarified.
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Eisai London Laboratories, University College London, UK.
D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans