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              - Structure of the blood-brain barrier
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                                1. The blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s disease
- Dr. Anika Hartz
 
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                                2. Tanycytes allow a tight BBB in the median eminence
- Prof. Esteban Rodriguez
 - Dr. Juan Luis Blazquez
 - Dr. Montserrat Guerra
 
 - Peptides and proteins
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                                3. Ingestive peptides
- Prof. William Banks
 
 - Overcoming the blood-brain barrier obstacle
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                                4. Expression vs. function of ABC transporters at the blood-brain barrier
- Prof. Jean-Michel Scherrmann
 
 - Diseases involving the blood-brain barrier
 - Latest Developments in the Field
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                                7. Brain-gut interactions in obesity 1
- Prof. Weihong Pan
 
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                                8. Brain-gut interactions in obesity 2
- Prof. Weihong Pan
 
 - Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
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                                9. Neurotrophins and the BBB
- Prof. Weihong Pan
 
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                                10. Vasoactive peptides and the blood-brain barrier
- Prof. Maria Deli
 - Prof. Bela Kis
 
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                                11. In vivo systems
- Prof. Quentin Smith
 
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                                12. CNS-drug design
- Prof. Quentin Smith
 
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                                14. Stroke and the BBB
- Prof. Marilyn Cipolla
 
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                                15. Barrier mechanisms in the developing brain: mechanisms and misunderstandings
- Prof. Norman Saunders
 
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                                16. Barrier mechanisms in the developing brain: protection or vulnerability?
- Prof. Norman Saunders
 
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                                17. In vitro models of the blood-brain barrier
- Prof. Pierre-Olivier Couraud
 
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                                18. Glucose transport across the blood-brain barrier
- Prof. Luc Leybaert
 
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                                19. The blood-brain barrier and brain tumors
- Dr. Olaf van Tellingen
 
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                                20. Cellular composition of the blood-brain barrier
- Prof. N. Joan Abbott
 
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                                21. Features of mammalian CNS barrier systems
- Prof. Conrad Johanson
 
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                                22. Blood-brain barrier in health and disease
- Prof. Thomas Davis
 
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                                23. Blood-brain barrier ion transport
- Prof. Martha O'Donnell
 
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                                24. Ischemic blood-brain barrier and Alzheimer's amyloid plaques development
- Prof. Ryszard Pluta
 
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                                25. The blood-brain barrier and CNS drug development
- Dr. Danica Stanimirovic
 
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                                26. Inflammation and immune cell entry to the central nervous system
- Prof. Serge Rivest
 
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                                27. MRI approaches for neurovascular imaging
- Dr. Rick Dijkhuizen
 
 
Printable Handouts
Navigable Slide Index
- Introduction
 - Sites of CNS barriers
 - Topics
 - The neurovascular unit
 - What is the neurovascular unit?
 - Gliovascular unit at microvessel level (1)
 - Neurovascular unit modulation
 - Brain capillaries
 - The BBB and associated cells
 - Blood-brain barrier structure: capillary
 - Functions of the BBB
 - Molecular structure of BBB junctions
 - Pathways across the blood-brain barrier
 - Biomarkers for a differentiated BBB (1)
 - Biomarkers for a differentiated BBB (2)
 - Differential gene expression at the BBB
 - Supporting cell types at the BBB
 - Cell types at the BBB
 - Induction of BBB in brain endothelium
 - BBB induction in ingrowing vessels by brain tissue
 - Perivascular astrocyte morphologies
 - Astrocytes
 - Gliovascular unit at microvessel level (2)
 - Astrocytic influence on endothelial tight junctions
 - Co-culture upregulates antioxidant enzymes
 - Endothelium and astrocytes mutual induction
 - Regulation of gamma-GTP activity by astrocytes
 - Regulation of brain endothelial AQP1
 - Proposed model for ISF production and circulation
 - Glial induction of brain endothelium
 - Endothelial induction of glial cells
 - Important features of pericytes
 - Pericytes stabilize capillary-like structures
 - Migrating pericytes produce angiogenic factors
 - Pericytes role in control of capillary diameter
 - Pericytes can control capillary blood flow
 - Induction of the BBB
 - Summary of BBB induction
 - Microglia
 - Mast cells
 - Mast cell morphology and interaction with neurons
 - Smooth muscle cells
 - Regulation of cerebral blood flow
 - Regulation of BBB permeability
 - Brain endothelial junctional zone components
 - Molecular interactions at the tight junction
 - Agents that alter BBB permeability
 - BBB heterogeneity
 - Tight junctional strands in brain vasculature
 - Perivascular niche in post-capillary venules
 - Summary of perivascular niche events
 - BBB and perivascular niche
 - BBB changes in pathology
 - The BBB is involved in many CNS pathologies
 - BBB modulation in pathology
 - Conclusions
 - Acknowledgements
 
Topics Covered
- Sites of CNS barriers
 - Neurovascular unit
 - Blood-brain barrier (BBB) at brain capillary endothelium
 - Functions of BBB
 - Tight junctions
 - Pathways across the BBB
 - BBB biomarkers
 - Supporting cell types
 - Astrocytes and BBB induction
 - Pericytes
 - Microglia
 - Mast cells
 - Smooth muscle
 - BBB modulation
 - Heterogeneity
 - Changes in pathology
 
Talk Citation
Abbott, N.J. (2008, March 1). Cellular composition of the blood-brain barrier [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved November 4, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/XOMU1580.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
Financial Disclosures
- Prof. N. Joan Abbott has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.