STUDIES ON BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER WITH RADIOACTIVE PHOSPHORUS

1 January 1955

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Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in A.M.A. Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry

Vol. 73 (1) , 2-12
https://doi.org/10.1001/archneurpsyc.1955.02330070004002

Abstract

PREVIOUS investigations revealed the existence of a physiological barrier which prevents the central nervous system from incorporating a large percentage of the P³²made available to the organism by intravenous administration. Data are now accessible¹which cover the P³²uptake from the blood by different parts of the normal mammalian brain at various intervals after the injection of the tracer. The exact mechanism of this process and the structure of the barrier are not known as yet, and hypotheses have to be relied upon. However, data collected under normal circumstances in the past years represent a solid enough basis on which the evaluation of changes in the blood-brain barrier, under pathological conditions, can be attempted. Practical utilization of the blood-brain barrier concept, with the barrier investigated by radioactive isotopes and, to a less extent, by vital dyes, is carried out successfully in the diagnosis and localization of

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