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Cytochemical localization of the K+ regulation interface between blood and brain

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Phosphatase activity identified with Na+−K+-ATPase was localized at the basal surface of cerebral cortical capillary endothelium by perfusion with a p-nitrophenyl phosphate-strontium medium. The relationship of this to the blood-brain barrier to K+ is discussed.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, University of London King's College, Strand, WC2R 2LS, London, England

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Firth, J.A. Cytochemical localization of the K+ regulation interface between blood and brain. Experientia 33, 1093–1094 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01945990

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