establishment of blood-nerve barrier

Term ID

GO:0008065

Synonyms

• establishment of blood/nerve barrier

Definition

The establishment of the barrier between the perineurium of peripheral nerves and the vascular endothelium of endoneurial capillaries. The perineurium acts as a diffusion barrier, but ion permeability at the blood-nerve barrier is still higher than at the blood-brain barrier.

References

Ontology

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