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An Elderly Patient Is Seen by His Gerontologist and Asks

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An elderly patient is seen by his gerontologist and asks what the blood-brain barrier is and why certain drugs cannot enter the neural tissue. The physician explains that the principal anatomic structure that creates that barrier is the


A) astrocyte
B) endothelial cell
C) neuronal cell membrane
D) Schwann cell
E) microglia

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