Blood-brain barrier breakdown and repair following gliotoxic drug injection in the brainstem of streptozotocin-diabetic rats
Ethidium bromide (EB) causes local astrocytic disappearance, with glia limitans disruption and blood-brain barrier (BBB) breakdown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the BBB integrity after the injection of 0.1% EB or 0.9% saline solution into the cisterna pontis of Wistar rats submitted or not...
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| Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
2012-03-01
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| Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2012000300013&lng=en&tlng=en |