VIB and Ghent University researchers have identified and characterized a previously unknown cellular barrier in the brain, ...
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VIB and Ghent University researchers have identified and characterized a previously unknown cellular barrier in the brain, which sheds new light on how the brain is protected from the rest of the body ...
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Source: By Amyyfory - CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Just as every country is protected by a tightly sealed border, so too is the brain. Breaches in the brain’s border wall cause many neurological ...