Blood-brain barrier: A protective network of blood vessels and cells that filters blood flowing to the brain.
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( blÅd ' brÄn ' ) n. A physiological mechanism that alters the permeability of brain capillaries, so that some ...
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a cellular and metabolic barrier located at the capillaries in the brain that alters permeability, restricting the passage of some chemical ...
Simcyp Adds Blood-Brain Barrier Models to Its Population-Based Simulator and Expands Its Pharmacodynamic Capabilities
The Blood Brain Barrier ("Keep Out") More than 100 years ago it was discovered that if blue dye was injected into the bloodstream of an animal, that tissues of the whole ...
barrier /bar·ri·er/ (bar´e-er) an obstruction. alveolar-capillary barrier , alveolocapillary barrier see under membrane. blood-air barrier alveolocapillary membrane.