Characterization of the blood–brain barrier at the median eminence of the hypothalamus: A role for tanycytes in regulating access of peripheral hormones to the arcuate nucleus?

Differential distribution of tight junct

Differential distribution of tight junction proteins suggests a role for tanycytes in blood-hypothalamus barrier regulation in the adult mouse brain

✍ Amandine Mullier; Sebastien G. Bouret; Vincent Prevot; Bénédicte Dehouck 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 565 KB

## Abstract The median eminence is one of the seven so‐called circumventricular organs. It is located in the basal hypothalamus, ventral to the third ventricle and adjacent to the arcuate nucleus. This structure characteristically contains a rich capillary plexus and features a fenestrated endothel