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In conclusion, this study, within the limitation of the small number of animals used, appears to suggest that exposure by the mucosal site, a natural barrier to pathogens, delays viral appearance in the blood.
The 190-km (118-mile) circuit follows the north shore, with its barrier islands, windswept dunes, red cliffs, and salt marshes, and around to the Northumberland Strait.
The barrier reef here is the third longest in the world.
Thus, mefloquine apparently crosses the blood-brain barrier and accumulates to sufficient levels to include those concentrations found to disrupt neuronal calcium homeostasis and ER function in vitro . The possibility that a disruption of neuronal calcium homeostasis or ER function may be responsible, at least in part, for the clinical neurotoxicity of mefloquine is worthy of further investigation.
It goes without saying that the cellular plasma membrane effectively creates a barrier between the inside (intracellular area) and outside (extracellular area) of the cell it defines.