Blood-brain barrier disruption may contribute to white matter lesions in the setting of internal jugular venous stenosis.

CONCLUSIONS: BBB disruption may participate in the formation of IJVS-associated white matter lesions; the mechanism of BBB disruption may involve MMP-9.
PMID: 31573885 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Current Neurovascular Research - September 30, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Wu Y, Meng R, Rajah GB, Ding Y, Xu Y, Ji X Tags: Curr Neurovasc Res Source Type: research