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Blood brain barrier

Dissectible Me 5 minute anatomy by dissectibleme

Feb 13, 20265:56Science & Medicine

The blood brain barrier describes how the endothelial cells of the capillaries in the brain are tightly stuck together by tight junctions, wrapped in the feet of astrocytes and lined by a basement lamina. This stops most...

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Blood brain barrier is an episode from Dissectible Me 5 minute anatomy by dissectibleme. The blood brain barrier describes how the endothelial cells of the capillaries in the brain are tightly stuck together by tight junctions, wrapped in t...

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