Figure 7.

Model predictions for hydraulic conductivity L_p (a) as a function of B_s, the half width of the small slit in the junction strand under two cases: when considering transport across the endothelium only (Endothelium only, green line), and when considering transport across the entire BBB (BBB). In the BBB case, three different fiber densities were considered for the basement membrane: the same as the fiber density in the surface glycocalyx layer (K_b=3.16cm², the dash-dot-dash line), ten times lower (K_b=31.6cm², the dashed line) and higher (K_b=0.316cm², the solid line); (b) as a function of the surface glycocalyx layer thickness L_f. Redrawn from [40].