Fig. 1From: Diabetic microvascular disease in non-classical beds: the hidden impact beyond the retina, the kidney, and the peripheral nervesSchematic representation of the brain microcirculation, showing the neurovascular unit and the brain-blood-barrier (left); pathological findings and clinical conditions associated with brain microangiopathy observed in diabetes (right). BBB, blood-brain-barrier; EBM, endothelial basement membrane; EC, endothelial cellBack to article page