The Blood-Cerebrospinal Fluid Barrier

by Wei Zheng

Book Overview

Despite the existence of two barrier systems in the brain, research over the last century has mostly focused on the blood-brain barrier rather than on the blood-CSF barrier. Today, there is a greater understanding of the function of the blood-CSF barrier and of the choroid plexus, a tissue that is the primary site of this barrier. With the growing number of studies that focus on the role of the blood-CSF barrier in CNS homeostasis and neurological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415320747
• ISBN13: 9780415320740
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.5"