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In adult mammals, homeostasis of the brain interstitial fluid is provided by the blood-brain barrier, protecting neurones from disturbances in blood composition.1 The exceptionally low permeability of the blood-brain barrier is determined by tight intercellular junctions between the endothelial cells of the cerebral vasculature which greatly restrict the movement of substances between blood and brain.2
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Butt, A.M. (1995). Electrical Resistance Measurements of Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability. In: Greenwood, J., Begley, D.J., Segal, M.B. (eds) New Concepts of a Blood—Brain Barrier. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1054-7_3
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