Term Name: | blood nerve barrier |
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Synonyms: | blood-nerve barrier |
Definition: | barrier between the perineurium of peripheral nerves and the vascular endothelium of endoneurial capillaries. The perineurium acts as a diffusion barrier, but ion permeability at the blood-nerve barrier is still higher than at the blood-brain barrier[GO]. |
Ontology: | Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0003209] |