Blood–brain and blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier permeability in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Abstract Background Hypertension is an important risk factor for cerebrovascular disease, including stroke and dementia. Both in humans and animal models of hypertension, neuropathological features such as brain atrophy and oedema have been reported. We hypothesised that cerebrovascular damage resul...

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Main Authors: Daphne M. P. Naessens, Judith de Vos, Ed VanBavel, Erik N. T. P. Bakker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12987-018-0112-7

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