Open AccessAltered blood-brain barrier permeability in rats with prehepatic portal hypertension turns to normal when portal pressure is lowered
Author(s) -
Francisco Xavier Eizayaga,
Camila Scorticati,
Juan Pablo Prestifilippo,
Salvador Romay,
María Alejandra Fernández,
Juan Luis Castro,
A Lemberg,
Juan Carlos Perazzo
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v12.i9.1367
Subject(s) - evans blue , portal venous pressure , medicine , hepatic encephalopathy , blood–brain barrier , portal hypertension , cerebrospinal fluid , ligation , blood pressure , pathology , endocrinology , central nervous system , cirrhosis
To study the blood-brain barrier integrity in prehepatic portal hypertensive rats induced by partial portal vein ligation,at 14 and 40 d after ligation when portal pressure is spontaneously normalized.