Transport characteristics of guanidino compounds at the blood-brain barrier and blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier: relevance to neural disorders

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Guanidino compounds (GCs), such as creatine, phosphocreatine, guanidinoacetic acid, creatinine, methylguanidine, guanidinosuccinic acid, γ-guanidinobutyric acid, β-guanidinopropionic acid, guanidinoethane sulfonic acid and α-guanidinoglutaric acid, are present in...

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Main Authors: Tachikawa Masanori, Hosoya Ken-ichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-02-01
Series:Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
Online Access:http://www.fluidsbarrierscns.com/content/8/1/13