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. 2013 Nov 1;3(4):197–226.

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The neurovascular unit. This diagram depicts a cerebral blood vessel and surrounding brain parenchyma that comprise the neurovascular unit. The neurovascular unit encompasses cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions between component endothelial, glial, and neuronal cells. (Image adapted with permission from Iadecola 2004) [268].