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An In Vivo Assessment of Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption in a Rat Model of Ischemic Stroke
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[Effect of Ginkgo biloba extract on the hemato-encephalic barrier]
Presse Medicale (Paris, France : 1983)
|September 25, 1986
Abstract:
The different methods used to explore the blood-brain barrier (made up of cerebral capillary vessels), and notably, at molecular level, isolated microvessel preparations, have greatly improved our knowledge in this particular field. Some of these methods could be used to evaluate the protective effects of therapeutic substances, such as Ginkgo biloba extract, on the blood-brain barrier.
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