Assertion: ketamine | /r/CapableOf | cross the blood-brain barrier
Facets:
value: rapidly
type: MANNER
value: into the central nervous system
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: due to its high lipophilicity
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Ketamine is able to relatively rapidly cross the blood-brain barrier as a result of the sharp rise in serum drug concentrations that snorting accomplishes.
text: Ketamine is rapidly distributed and, due to its high lipophilicity, rapidly crosses the blood–brain barrier into the central nervous system.