The blood-brain barrier weakens during normal aging and in neurodegenerative ... allowing red blood cells to infiltrate the brain (images below). Poking Holes. In young mice, the thick glycocalyx ...

In an early-stage clinical trial, the therapy nearly doubled the expected survival time of young patients. Still, experts ...

The blood–brain barrier acts as a strict control point for what can enter the brain, and is created by tight junctions between endothelial cells lining blood vessels, astroyctic endfeet and a ...

The blood-CSF barrier has been far less studied than the blood-brain barrier. Scientists have detected age-related changes in gene expression in the choroid plexus, and have linked these to increased ...