MIT researchers have discovered that two common genetic mutations that cause Rett syndrome each set off a molecular chain of events that compromises the structural integrity of developing brain blood ...
Source: By Amyyfory - CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Just as every country is protected by a tightly sealed border, so too is the brain. Breaches in the brain’s border wall cause many neurological ...
In this detail of a figure from the paper, Rett syndrome endothelial cells (right) show less expression of ZO-1 (green), a key protein for forming a tight seal in blood vessels. Control cells (left) ...