Summary: Blood Brain Barrier

There was always an idea that brain barriers, most specifically blood brain barrier, along with the blood cerebro-spinal fluid barrier, only had one role. This role was that they restricted the traveling of molecules in and out of the CNS, and that was it. However, scientists and doctors began wondering if barriers were really that simple. They then decided to perform some research on these barriers and found that neuroscience and brain barrier science are linked in several ways.

One of the first questions asked was, is BB an important part of the neurovascular system? They then asked, how can the barrier be fixed when it is not functioning properly, and how can it be manipulated for therapeutic purposes? Two processes are important, they