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Breaching the blood-brain barrier



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Copyright © 2012 Heather McDonald. This image is not available for reuse and is protected by copyright.
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TitleBreaching the blood-brain barrier Contact
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Heather McDonald DescriptionIllustration showing a leukocyte crossing the wall of a small blood vessel and entering the brain in an inflammatory disease state. Created for a News Synthesis article at the Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Forum titled "Gate crashers: Vascular barriers and multiple sclerosis" (2 Apr 2012, www.msdiscovery.org/news/news_synthesis/320-gate-crashers). KeywordsBlood-brain barrier; leukocyte; extravasation; inflammation; astrocyte; pericyte Media Color Categories Medical, Science Subject(s) Human, Microscopic, Editorial Medical Illustration
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