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Blood-brain Barrier Disruption Leads to Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction

DOI

41

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0

References

2017

Year

Bin Wang, Siyuan Li, Xi‐Peng Cao, Xinghui Dou, Jingzhu Li, Ling Wang, Mingshan Wang, Yanlin Bi
Current Neurovascular Research

Abstract

The alterations in the levels of tight junction proteins following splenectomy may contribute to the BBB permeability increase, which in turn will induce postoperative cognitive dysfunction.