Blood-brain Barrier (IMAGE)

Harvard Medical School

Blood-brain Barrier

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Normal brain blood vessels completely contain a fluorescent dye (left). Vessels without the lipid transport protein Mfsd2a show a leaky blood-brain barrier.

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Gu Lab/Harvard Medical School

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