title: The blood-brain barrier in and out of cell culture.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Eisai London Laboratories, University College London, UK.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Rubin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans