Researchers have identified a novel mechanism by which immune cells wiggle their way across the blood-brain barrier in diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). A type of T-cell involved in autoimmune ...

A 3D model accurately mimicking the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) in a laboratory environment has been successfully developed by research teams led by Professor Jinah Jang from the Departments of ...

Following the devastating fires that swept through Los Angeles in January, concerns are on the rise about the long-term ...

The blood–brain barrier is the biggest challenge to the development of drugs that target the CNS. Most capillary beds leak plasma contents between and across endothelial cells by way of window-like ...

In a study of Hispanic/Latino adults, adhering closely to a Mediterranean-style diet appeared to improve brain health, ...

The 3 rd Annual Blood-Brain Barrier Summit is dedicated to helping drug developers enhance drug delivery across the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) to enable effective treatments for neurodegenerative ...

A paper published Monday in Nature Medicine found that the tiny fragments of plastic are passing the blood-brain barrier and into human brains, and the amount of microplastics in the brain appears ...

Microplastics accumulate in brain; dementia patients show 7 times higher levels Plastic particles identified in the brain may ...