The blood-brain barrier in aging and neurodegeneration

EG Knox, MR Aburto, G Clarke, JF Cryan… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is vital for maintaining brain homeostasis by enabling an
exquisite control of exchange of compounds between the blood and the brain parenchyma …

The blood–brain barrier in systemic infection and inflammation

I Galea - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
The vascular blood–brain barrier is a highly regulated interface between the blood and
brain. Its primary function is to protect central neurons while signaling the presence of …

[HTML][HTML] A human brain vascular atlas reveals diverse mediators of Alzheimer's risk

AC Yang, RT Vest, F Kern, DP Lee, M Agam, CA Maat… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The human brain vasculature is of great medical importance: its dysfunction causes
disability and death, and the specialized structure it forms—the blood–brain barrier …

[HTML][HTML] Dysregulation of brain and choroid plexus cell types in severe COVID-19

AC Yang, F Kern, PM Losada, MR Agam, CA Maat… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Although SARS-CoV-2 primarily targets the respiratory system, patients with and survivors of
COVID-19 can suffer neurological symptoms 1, 2, 3. However, an unbiased understanding …

Single-cell dissection of the human brain vasculature

FJ Garcia, N Sun, H Lee, B Godlewski, H Mathys… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the importance of the cerebrovasculature in maintaining normal brain physiology
and in understanding neurodegeneration and drug delivery to the central nervous system …

Exercise plasma boosts memory and dampens brain inflammation via clusterin

Z De Miguel, N Khoury, MJ Betley, B Lehallier… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Physical exercise is generally beneficial to all aspects of human and animal health, slowing
cognitive ageing and neurodegeneration. The cognitive benefits of physical exercise are …

Strategies for delivering therapeutics across the blood–brain barrier

GC Terstappen, AH Meyer, RD Bell… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Achieving sufficient delivery across the blood–brain barrier is a key challenge in the
development of drugs to treat central nervous system (CNS) disorders. This is particularly …

Delirium

JE Wilson, MF Mart, C Cunningham… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Delirium, a syndrome characterized by an acute change in attention, awareness and
cognition, is caused by a medical condition that cannot be better explained by a pre-existing …

Fluid transport in the brain

MK Rasmussen, H Mestre… - Physiological …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
The brain harbors a unique ability to, figuratively speaking, shift its gears. During
wakefulness, the brain is geared fully toward processing information and behaving, while …

Blood-to-brain communication in aging and rejuvenation

G Bieri, AB Schroer, SA Villeda - Nature neuroscience, 2023 - nature.com
Aging induces molecular, cellular and functional changes in the adult brain that drive
cognitive decline and increase vulnerability to dementia-related neurodegenerative …