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Cerebral capillaries in “overgrown” neural tissue of chick embryo brains ranging in age from 5–18 days of incubation were studied by means of electron microscopy. The vessels in the abnormal tissue showed more extensive and prolonged interdigitations and overlapping of adjacent endothelial cells than did those in normal control brains. In the abnormal neural tissue the appearance and distribution of endothelial cell organelles was similar to that in normal tissue; however, the Golgi complex was less highly developed, and there was an increased amount of coated vesicles in the capillaries of the abnormal brains.
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Wilson, D.B., Finta, L.A. & Bois, R.M. The fine structure of cerebral capillaries in “overgrown” neural tissue. Acta Neuropathol 46, 25–32 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00684800
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