blood brain barrier

Preferred Label : blood brain barrier;

Uberon definition : Cell layer consisting of lining cells that separates the central nervous system and the bloodstream. The BBB may consist of endothelial cells or glial cells. An endothelial barrier may have arisen independently several times during evolution. In bichir and lungfish the barrier is formed by brain endothelial cells, while in sturgeon it is formed by a complex perivascular glial sheath, but with no detectable tight junctions.;

Uberon synonym : blood-brain barrier;

Uberon related term : BBB;

Details

Origin ID

0000120;

UMLS CUI

C0005854;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Blood-Brain Barrier [NCIt concept]
- Blood-Brain barrier [MeSH concept]
- Blood-brain barrier, function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- blood-brain barrier [MeSH Descriptor]
- blood-brain barrier [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Blood-Brain Barrier [NCIt concept]
- Blood-Brain barrier [MeSH concept]
- blood-brain barrier [MeSH Descriptor]
Uberon cross reference
- Blood-Brain Barrier [NCIt concept]
adjacent to
- brain [UBERON concept]
- haemolymphatic fluid [UBERON concept]
has part
- glial limiting membrane [UBERON concept]
part of
- nervous system [UBERON concept]

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