Smith, who began studying the blood-brain barrier in 1981 while working at the National Institutes of Health, said there had been much confusion in the field regarding the ability of drugs to ...

"If approved, this technology will enable doctors to safely and temporarily open the blood-brain barrier for the first time ever — allowing a greater number of potentially more effective ...

Reduced levels of a critical protein are linked to devastating brain diseases like Alzheimer's, frontotemporal dementia, and ...

But research is starting to reveal multiple potential causes from inflammation to a leaky blood-brain barrier. Difficulty concentrating, forgetfulness, confusion, and cognitive slowness or ...

Oregon State University researchers have discovered a way to get anti-inflammatory medicine across the blood-brain barrier, opening the door to potential new therapies for a range of conditions ...

The Searle Scholar award will allow Yang to pursue independent research that sheds new light on the blood-brain barrier, a ...

EXPLORER total body PET scanner is creating a new way to visualize the protective barrier to the brain to reveal impacts from ...

Getting therapeutic drugs past the blood-brain barrier has long been one of medicine's most difficult challenges, limiting our ability to treat conditions like Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's ...

Called endothelial cells, they play a vital role in maintaining the blood-brain barrier, a protective shield that prevents harmful substances from entering the brain. When endothelial cells lack ...