Blood–brain barrier breakdown: an emerging biomarker of cognitive impairment in normal aging and dementia

B Hussain, C Fang, J Chang - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) plays a vital role in maintaining the specialized
microenvironment of the neural tissue. It separates the peripheral circulatory system from the …

Healthy aging and the blood–brain barrier

WA Banks, MJ Reed, AF Logsdon, EM Rhea… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) protects the central nervous system (CNS) from unregulated
exposure to the blood and its contents. The BBB also controls the blood-to-brain and brain …

Age-associated physiological and pathological changes at the blood–brain barrier: A review

F Erdő, L Denes, E de Lange - Journal of Cerebral Blood …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The age-associated decline of the neurological and cognitive functions becomes more and
more serious challenge for the developed countries with the increasing number of aged …

Age-related impairment of vascular structure and functions

X Xu, B Wang, C Ren, J Hu, DA Greenberg… - Aging and …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Among age-related diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are major
causes of death. Vascular dysfunction is a key characteristic of these diseases wherein age …

Bridging barriers: a comparative look at the blood–brain barrier across organisms

NM O'Brown, SJ Pfau, C Gu - Genes & development, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) restricts free access of molecules between the blood and the
brain and is essential for regulating the neural microenvironment. Here, we describe how …

Cerebral microvascular pathology in aging and Alzheimer's disease

E Farkas, PGM Luiten - Progress in neurobiology, 2001 - Elsevier
The aging of the central nervous system and the development of incapacitating neurological
diseases like Alzheimer's disease (AD) are generally associated with a wide range of …

Pathogenesis of leukoaraiosis: a review

L Pantoni, JH Garcia - Stroke, 1997 - ahajournals.org
Background Changes in the cerebral hemispheric white matter, detectable with increasing
frequency by modern neuroimaging methods, are associated with aging and conceivably …

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy. A critical review.

HV Vinters - Stroke, 1987 - ahajournals.org
The clinicopathologic entity of cerebral congophilic or amyloid angiopathy (CAA) has been
recognized since die early part of this century, though it has attained the'limelight'over the …

Retinal vascular image analysis as a potential screening tool for cerebrovascular disease: a rationale based on homology between cerebral and retinal …

N Patton, T Aslam, T MacGillivray, A Pattie… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The retinal and cerebral microvasculatures share many morphological and physiological
properties. Assessment of the cerebral microvasculature requires highly specialized and …

Reversibly modulating the blood–brain barrier by laser stimulation of molecular-targeted nanoparticles

X Li, V Vemireddy, Q Cai, H **ong, P Kang, X Li… - Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is highly selective and acts as the interface between the
central nervous system and circulation. While the BBB is critical for maintaining brain …