This was the year that was: brain barriers and brain fluid research in 2019.

ABSTRACT: This editorial highlights advances in brain barrier and brain fluid research published in 2019, as well as addressing current controversies and pressing needs. Topics include recent advances related to: the cerebral endothelium and the neurovascular unit; the choroid plexus, arachnoid membrane; cerebrospinal fluid and the glymphatic hypothesis; the impact of disease states on brain barriers and brain fluids; drug delivery to the brain; and translation of preclinical data to the clinic. This editorial also mourns the loss of two important figures in the field, Malcolm B. Segal and Edward G. Stopa.

SUBMITTER: Keep RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7059280 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature