Blood-Retinal Barrier
"Blood-Retinal Barrier" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A specialized transport barrier, in the EYE, formed by the retinal pigment EPITHELIUM, and the ENDOTHELIUM of the BLOOD VESSELS of the RETINA. TIGHT JUNCTIONS joining adjacent cells keep the barrier between cells continuous.
| Descriptor ID |
D001813
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.040 A09.371.729.055
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| Concept/Terms |
Blood-Retinal Barrier- Blood-Retinal Barrier
- Barrier, Blood-Retinal
- Barriers, Blood-Retinal
- Blood Retinal Barrier
- Blood-Retinal Barriers
- Retinal-Blood Barrier
- Barrier, Retinal-Blood
- Barriers, Retinal-Blood
- Retinal Blood Barrier
- Retinal-Blood Barriers
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