Advances in brain barriers and brain fluids research in 2021: great progress in a time of adversity

Richard F Keep; Hazel C Jones; Lester R Drewes

doi:10.1186/s12987-022-00343-x

Advances in brain barriers and brain fluids research in 2021: great progress in a time of adversity

Fluids Barriers CNS. 2022 Jun 9;19(1):48. doi: 10.1186/s12987-022-00343-x.

Authors

Richard F Keep¹, Hazel C Jones², Lester R Drewes³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, R5018 BSRB, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2200, USA. rkeep@umich.edu.
² , Bicester, UK.
³ Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth, Duluth, MN, 55812, USA.

Abstract

This editorial highlights advances in brain barrier and brain fluid research in 2021. It covers research on components of the blood-brain barrier, neurovascular unit and brain fluid systems; how brain barriers and brain fluid systems are impacted by neurological disorders and their role in disease progression; and advances in strategies for treating such disorders.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Biological Transport
Blood-Brain Barrier
Brain*
Humans
Nervous System Diseases*