Brain barriers. Part I. Blood-brain tissue barrier
Dybkowska, K.; Pakulski, C.; Drobnik, L.
Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska 31(6): 1217-1225
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-3843 PMID: 9678995 Document Number: 478176
Brain barriers are morphological and functional structures responsible for selective transport of different biological substances between blood and brain. There are three kinds of brain barriers: blood/brain tissue barrier, blood/brain fluid barrier and brain fluid/brain tissue barrier. The blood/brain tissue barrier which consists of brain vascular epithelial cells is thought to play the main role in intracranial homeostasis.