简介:OnAugust24,2004,afineday,myfriendsandIwereonourwaytowardsXigazeaftervisitstoLhasaandNyingchi.Wedidn'tfollowthewaymostpeopletake.Instead,wetooktheQinghai-TibetHighway.WhenwegottoYangbajain,weturnedontoagravelroad.""WearebuildinganewsectionoftheYangbajain-MajiangHighway,""explainedDirectorZhanwhoaccompaniedus.
简介:Centralnervoussystem(CNS)injuriescausedbycerebrovascularpathologies(e.g.,stroke)ormechanicalcontusions(e.g.,traumaticbraininjury)disrupttheblood-brainbarrier(BBB)thatprotectstheCNSmicroenvironmentfromadirectcontactwithbloodsubstancesandcells.Theinitialneuraldamagecausedbythetraumaandtheischemicprocess