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Science 21 November 2008:
Vol. 322. no. 5905, pp. 1195 - 1196
DOI: 10.1126/science.1167451
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DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:
Brain Wnts for Blood Vessels

Eckhard Lammert

Development of the blood-brain barrier in mammals starts in the embryo, through specific molecules that induce vascular development in the neural tube.

Institute of Animal Physiology, Heinrich-Heine-University, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. E-mail: lammert{at}uni-duesseldorf.de

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