The blood-brain barrier
a. consists of both anatomical and physiological factors.
b. regulates to some extent the passage of substances from the blood to the interstitial fluid of the brain.
c. is anatomically related to the formation of tight junctions between adjacent capillary endothelial cells.
d. is induced by the astrocytes.
e. all of these.
E
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