With Age, Blood-Brain Barriers Becomes Leaky (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

With Age, Blood-Brain Barriers Becomes Leaky

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Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) scans show that with age, the blood-brain barrier becomes leakier. This dysfunction in shown in both humans and mice. A leaky BBB triggers a cascade of cell death that may be the cause of age-related cognitive decline.

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Alon Friedman and Daniela Kaufer

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