New finding may contribute to the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
Hebrew University research successfully produces genetically engineered synapses circumventing neural damage.
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The blood-brain barrier acts as a gatekeeper by blocking toxins and other foreign substances in the bloodstream from entering brain tissue and damaging it. It also can prevent potentially therapeutic drugs from reaching the brain.
Some say that the cortex is what makes us human.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Israeli scientists at Ben Gurion University of the Negev have discovered an earlier way to diagnose brain damage.