Building a better blood-brain barrier

A new three-dimensional model of the blood-brain barrier can be used to study processes that are involved in neurodegenerative diseases.

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Main Authors: Courtney Lane-Donovan, Joachim Herz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-10-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/31808
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spelling doaj-7be59174893d4386b2bc92bb5b08b7512021-05-05T13:51:36ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2017-10-01610.7554/eLife.31808Building a better blood-brain barrierCourtney Lane-Donovan0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-8346Joachim Herz1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8506-3400Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Franciso, United StatesDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States; Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States; Department of Center for Translational Neurodegeneration Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States; Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United StatesA new three-dimensional model of the blood-brain barrier can be used to study processes that are involved in neurodegenerative diseases.https://elifesciences.org/articles/31808Alzheimer diseasetissue engineeringlipoproteincerebrovasculature
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Building a better blood-brain barrier
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Alzheimer disease
tissue engineering
lipoprotein
cerebrovasculature
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Joachim Herz
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title Building a better blood-brain barrier
title_short Building a better blood-brain barrier
title_full Building a better blood-brain barrier
title_fullStr Building a better blood-brain barrier
title_full_unstemmed Building a better blood-brain barrier
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description A new three-dimensional model of the blood-brain barrier can be used to study processes that are involved in neurodegenerative diseases.
topic Alzheimer disease
tissue engineering
lipoprotein
cerebrovasculature
url https://elifesciences.org/articles/31808
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