blood-brain barrier

Preferred Label : blood-brain barrier;

MeSH definition : Specialized non-fenestrated tightly-joined ENDOTHELIAL CELLS with TIGHT JUNCTIONS that form a transport barrier for certain substances between the cerebral capillaries and the BRAIN tissue.;

MeSH synonym : barriers, blood-brain; blood-brain barriers; hemato-encephalic barriers; barriers, hemato-encephalic; hemato encephalic barrier; barriers, brain-blood; barrier, blood-brain; hemato-encephalic barrier; brain blood barrier; barrier, brain-blood; brain-blood barriers; barrier, hemato-encephalic; brain-blood barrier; blood brain barrier;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Blood–brain barrier;

MeSH annotation : coord IM with endogenous substance /metab (IM) or exogenous substance /pharmacokin (IM);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood–brain barrier;

Details

Origin ID

D001812;

UMLS CUI

C0005854;

Allowable qualifiers
- abnormalities [MeSH Qualifier]
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- injuries [MeSH Qualifier]
- innervation [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- transplantation [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier, function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- blood brain barrier [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Blood-Brain Barrier [NCIt concept]
- Blood-brain barrier, function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- blood-brain barrier [SNOMED Notion]
Indexing information
- 4-trimethylammoniumantipyrine [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Angiopep-2 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- BBB022A [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- Blood-Brain barrier [MeSH concept]
See also
- astrocytes [MeSH Descriptor]
- capillary permeability [MeSH Descriptor]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Blood-Brain Barrier [NCIt concept]
- blood brain barrier [UBERON concept]

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