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Where the Blood-Brain Barrier Breaks Down
07.01.2019
Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology

The cells that keep blood vessels in the pituitary permeable to hormones may hold the key to future drug delivery
Immunofluorescence microscope image of the choroid plexus. Epithelial cells are in green and chemokine proteins (CXCL10) are in red
Scientists Identify the Signature of Aging in the Brain
29.09.2014
Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

Weizmann Institute researchers suggest that the brain's “immunological age” is what counts...
Immunostaining of brain section in which the epithelial choroid plexus expresses TGF-β (green), hanging in the brain ventricle, the keyhole-like structure delineated by the ependymal lining (red). In the box, monocytes (green) entering via the choroidal vasculature. The composition reflects the immune-educative nature of the choroid plexus as a gatekeeper of the route to the injured parenchyma
Gateway to the Brain
08.04.2013
Brain & Behavior, Immunology

Shifts in our immune system as we age might explain how older brains get “rusty”
Bringing Down Barriers
Bringing Down Barriers
14.02.2013
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Organic Chemistry

An unusual protein sequence may help drugs cross the brain-blood barrier

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The “Bomb Peak” May Realign Date of an Ancient Volcanic Event

Lavi Bigman

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Prof. Eran Elinav

Prof. Eran Elinav
Prof. Moni Naor

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