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Areas of the Brain, where the BBB is affected per Disease Condition
| Disease | Affected area |
|---|---|
| AD | Cortex and Hippocampus (11,12) |
| ALS | Medulla and Spinal Cord (13,14) |
| Epilepsy | Pariental gyrus and cortex (15) |
| MS | White matter (16) |
| PD | Midbrain (17), striatum (18), subthalamic nucleus (19) |
| Stroke | Site of stroke (20,21) |
| Tumour | Site of tumour (i.e. (22)) |
AD = Alzheimer’s disease, MS = multiple sclerosis, ALS = amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, PD = Parkinson’s Disease. Adapted from (7)
