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What is the blood-brain barrier?
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What is the blood-brain barrier?

The brain is precious, and evolution has gone to great lengths to protect it from damage. The most obvious is our 7mm thick skull, but the brain is also surrounded by protective fluid (cerebrospinal – of the brain and spine) and a protective membrane called the meninges. Both provide further defence against physical injury. Another...

Could leak in blood-brain barrier cause poor memory?
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Could leak in blood-brain barrier cause poor memory?

Have you forgotten where you laid your keys?  Ever wondered where you had parked your car? Or having trouble remembering the name of the new neighbor? Unfortunately, these things seem to get worse as one gets older. A big question for researchers is where does benign forgetfulness end and true disease begin? One of the keys to...

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Blood-brain barrier damage occurs even with mild head trauma — Ben-Gurion U study

AMERICAN ASSOCIATES, BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL…September 25, 2019 – In a new study of adolescent and adult athletes, researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Stanford University and Trinity College in Dublin have found evidence of damage to the brain’s protective barrier, without a reported concussion. For the first time, the researchers were able to detect damage to the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which protects the brain from...