Blood-Nerve Barrier
Synonyms
Barrier, Blood-Nerve
Barriers, Blood-Nerve
Blood Nerve Barrier
Blood-Nerve Barriers
The barrier between the perineurium of PERIPHERAL NERVES and the endothelium (ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR) of endoneurial CAPILLARIES. The perineurium acts as a diffusion barrier, but ion permeability at the blood-nerve barrier is still higher than at the BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER.
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