Protein components of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) in the mediobasal hypothalamus

E Norsted, B Gömüç, B Meister - Journal of chemical neuroanatomy, 2008 - Elsevier
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) plays an important role in controlling the access of
substances to the brain. Of the circumventricular organs (CVO), ie areas that lack a BBB, the
median eminence and its close relationship with the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus plays an
important role in controlling the entry of blood-borne substances to neurons of the
mediobasal hypothalamus. In order to clarify the nature of the BBB in the median eminence–
arcuate nucleus complex, we have used immunohistochemistry and antisera to protein …