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Characteristics of compounds that cross the blood-brain barrier

Substances cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) by a variety of mechanisms. These include transmembrane diffusion, saturable transporters, adsorptive endocytosis, and the extracellular pathways. Here, we focus on the chief characteristics of two mechanisms especially important in drug delivery: trans...

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Autor principal: Banks, William A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19534732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-9-S1-S3