The Blood Brain Barrier and Inflammation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lyck, Ruth. (Editor), Enzmann, Gaby. (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Neurosciences.; Infectious diseases.; Cytokines.; Growth factors.; Cell membranes.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319455143
• Physical Description: VI, 286 p. 32 illus., 24 illus. in color. online resource.

Within the central nervous system (CNS) the constantly changing blood stream is separated from the CNS parenchyma by the blood brain barrier (BBB) restricting passage to selected immune cells. Under pathological conditions, however, viruses, bacteria, parasites and autoaggressive immune cells can pe...