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Conditions where Blood Brain Barrier compromised
Under what conditions is the integrity of the BBB compromised?
- Autoimmune inflammation or infection (e.g., multiple sclerosis)
- Osmotic injury (e.g., rapid correction of hyponatremia)
- Vascular overpressure (e.g., malignant hypertension, reperfusion after ischemia)
- Neovascularization (e.g., cancer)
- Neuronal hyperexcitability (e.g., seizures)