SpringerProtocols: Abstract: 9. Ultracytochemical Studies of the Compromised Blood-Brain Barrier

9. Ultracytochemical Studies of the Compromised Blood-Brain Barrier

By: Sukriti Nag^{3 4}

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Several cerebral endothelial properties can be studied by electron microscopy such as endothelial surface charge, the composition of monosaccharide residues on the endothelial plasma membrane and enzyme localization in intracerebal vessels. All these factors play a role in blood-brain barrier (BBB) breakdown to protein in pathological states as discussed in Chapter 6.

Affiliation(s): (3) Division of Neuropathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
(4) Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Book Title: The Blood-Brain Barrier: Biology and Research Protocols

Series: Methods in Molecular Medicine | Volume: 89 | Pub. Date: Aug-06-2003 | Page Range: 145-160 | DOI: 10.1385/1-59259-419-0:145

Subject: Neuroscience

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