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Physiology and Pharmacology of the Blood-Brain Barrier pp 205–220Cite as

The Movement of Vitamins Into the Brain

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The brain needs all of the vitamins, with the possible exception of K and D, a need emphasised by the neurological disturbances associated with deficiencies of almost any of the B-group vitamins. How they move into the brain is thus of some importance. There are different possible routes and various mechanisms by which vitamins cross various barriers between the blood and brain cells.

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  1. Physiology Group Biomedical Sciences Division King’s College London, University of London, Strand, WC2R 2LS, London, Great Britain

    Michael W. B. Bradbury M.A., D.M. (Oxon)

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Pratt, O.E. (1992). The Movement of Vitamins Into the Brain. In: Bradbury, M.W.B. (eds) Physiology and Pharmacology of the Blood-Brain Barrier. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 103. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76894-1_7

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