What exactly is the blood-brain barrier?

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What exactly is the blood-brain barrier?

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In the simplest terms, it is just a barrier. We use the word barrier not blockade because a barrier can be selective as is the case with BBB. Why do certain drugs reach our brains and some don’t? Up to BBB. Why some infections spread to the brain and some don’t? BBB.

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