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Blood–brain barrier characteristics are analyzed, which must be considered to be much more than a connective supporting tissue between the neurons and the capillary endothelium.
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Alemanno, F. (2020). Blood–Brain Barrier. In: Alemanno, F. (eds) Biochemistry for Anesthesiologists and Intensivists. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26721-6_7
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