Mammalian Developing Blood Brain Barrier

Fetal Circulation

Fetal Brain

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Diagram developed in consultation with Anne-Marie Kowatsch (BSc, MSc) Red River College Instructor.

Watch P-glycoprotein pump some of the synthetic (drug) version of glucocorticoid away from the fetal brain.