blood nerve barrier

Term ID

UBERON:0003209

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]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood-nerve_barrier

References

• Blood-nerve:barrier

Ontology

Uberon Ontology