The cells let oxygen and nutrients into the cerebrospinal fluid and the brain but keep out bacteria, viruses, and toxic chemicals that may be circulating in the blood. This defense, called the blood–brain barrier , is hardly perfect: caffeine, alcohol, psychoactive drugs, and some medicines, viruses, bacteria, and toxins can get through it. More @Wikipedia
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