Subcommissural organ, cerebrospinal fluid circulation, and hydrocephalus

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 591-607

  Pérez Fígares, José Manuel ^a   Jimenez, Antonio J ^a   Rodríguez, Esteban M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Congenital hydrocephalus; Ependyma; Reissner's fiber; Subcommissural organ

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRAIN; HORMONES; MAMMALS; PEPTIDES;

CIRCADIAN VARIATION; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; DOPAMINE; EPENDYMA; FLUID CIRCULATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REISSN FIBER; SUBCOMMISSURAL ORGAN;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; EPENDYMA; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCOMMISSURAL ORGAN; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ARACHNOIDEA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035281637     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20010301)52:5<591::AID-JEMT1043>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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