Ontogeny and Phylogeny of Brain Barrier Mechanisms

• Main Author: Shane A. Liddelow (auth)
• Other Authors: Helen B. Stolp (auth), Norman R. Saunders (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; zebra fish; development; Influx mechanisms; Tight Junctions; Drosophila; Efflux mechanisms; blood-CSF barrier; Choroid Plexus; Blood-Brain Barrier
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The brain functions within an internal environment that is determined and controlled by morphological structures and cellular mechanisms present at interfaces between the brain and the rest of the body. In vertebrates these interfaces are across cerebral blood vessels (blood-brain barrier) choroid p...