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  • Title: A cytochemical study of cerebrovascular lesions in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei.
    Author: Polder TW, Eling WM, Jerusalem CR, Wijers-Rouw M.
    Journal: J Neurol Sci; 1991 Jan; 101(1):24-34. PubMed ID: 1827497.
    Abstract:
    Mice with a Plasmodium berghei infection exhibit morphological and cytochemical changes in the blood-brain barrier. Changes in activity and localization of alkaline phosphatase and adenosine triphosphatase, enzymes with important functions in the maintenance of the blood-brain barrier, were observed. Changes in activity and localization of those enzymes in and near the endothelial cells of the microvasculature, concomitant with an increase in pinocytotic activity, and formation of irregular cytoplasmic extensions in these cells, as well as loosening of the basal lamina are indicative of a functional deterioration of the blood-brain barrier in the course of infection.
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