Impairment of pericyte-endothelium crosstalk leads to blood-brain barrier dysfunction following traumatic brain injury.

In conclusion, our data provide an insight that brain trauma causes an early impairment of pericyte-endothelium integrity and results in BBB dysregulation that initiates pathological consequences associated with TBI. PMID: 30926390 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30926390?dopt=Abstract

Source: Experimental Neurology - March 25, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Bhowmick S, D'Mello V, Caruso D, Wallerstein A, Abdul-Muneer PM Tags: Exp Neurol Source Type: research