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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences School of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Blood brain barrier

Nanoparticle transport across the blood brain barrier increases with Alzheimer’s and age

Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease affect more than 270 million people worldwide. Alheimer's is the leading cause of dementia, resulting in memory loss due to atrophy of neurons in the hippocampus, which is the part of the brain that regulates learning and memory. Nanoparticles...
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