Term Name: maintenance of blood-brain barrier
Synonyms: maintenance of BBB, maintenance of blood/brain barrier
Definition: Maintaining the structure and function of the blood-brain barrier, thus ensuring specific regulated transport of substances (e.g. macromolecules, small molecules, ions) into the brain, and out of the brain into the blood circulation.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0035633]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: regulation of blood-brain barrier permeability
is a type of: tissue homeostasis