Fig. 3.16.  Intercellular contact between two edges of endothelial cells (E1, E2, arrow). L - lumen of blood capillary; asterisk – basal lamina; Ap – astrocyte processes immediately enveloping the capillary. Cf. Fig. 3.4. Scale = 0.2 µm. (Mouse, neocortex.) Download the high resolution image.