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Circumventricular Organs and Parasite Neurotropism: Neglected Gates to the Brain?

Circumventricular organs (CVOs), neural structures located around the third and fourth ventricles, harbor, similarly to the choroid plexus, vessels devoid of a blood-brain barrier (BBB). This enables them to sense immune-stimulatory molecules in the blood circulation, but may also increase chances o...

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Autores principales: Bentivoglio, Marina, Kristensson, Krister, Rottenberg, Martin E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6302769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30619260
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.02877