Skip to main content
Fig. 5 | Fluids and Barriers of the CNS

Fig. 5

From: Filter exchange imaging with crusher gradient modelling detects increased blood–brain barrier water permeability in response to mild lung infection

Fig. 5

BBB water exchange increase and vascular inflammation from infection a Apparent exchange rate (AXR) estimates for individual animals (n = 14) from the AXR model at baseline and following infection with S. Pneumoniae, ns: non-significant b BBB water exchange (kin) measurements in individual animals (n = 14) from using CCXR model at baseline and following infection with S. Pneumoniae. BBB water exchange measurements against the concentration in von Willebrand factor (VWF) in plasma samples of individual rats (n = 9) for c AXR during infection; p = 0.11, r = 0.57 and d kin during infection; *p = 0.01, r = 0.79

Back to article page