AC	astrocyte
ACfp	astrocyte foot processes
BBB	blood-brain barrier
BM	basement membrane
CBF	cerebral blood flow
CKC	control: lean non-diabetic female heterozygous +/-C57B/6Jbackground
CL	capillary lumen
CNS	central nervous system
DBC	db/db homozygous +/+ obese -insulin resistant -female diabetic model
DBE	db/db models treated with empagliflozin
EC	endothelial cell
FIB/SEM	focused ion beam/scanning electron microscopy
LOAD	late onset Alzheimer’s disease
NVU	neurovascular unit
Pc	pericyte
PYR	pyramidal neuron
T2DM	type 2 diabetes mellitus
TEM	transmission electron microscopy
TJ/AJ	tight junction/adherens junction
RBC	red blood cell
SGLT2i	sodium glucose transporter 2 inhibitor