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July 12, 2010 / Methodology

Barriers and fluids that connect and divide blood, brain, and neurons

BRAIN EXTRACELLULAR FLUID Read also: The History of Artificial Cerebrospinal Fluid (ACSF) The brain is protected by a rigid bony case so it cannot expand in the case of fluid imbalance. Because of

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June 15, 2010 / Astrocyte–neuron ketone shuttle, Ketone bodies

The astrocyte–neuron ketone body shuttle

In the brain, to each one neurone, there are 9 astrocytes (1). They are surrounded by capillaries and are close to the both blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal "the first cellular barrier encountered

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