Integration of the subarachnoid space and lymphatics: Is it time to embrace a new concept of cerebrospinal fluid absorption?

Cerebrospinal Fluid Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Koh, Lena ^a   Zakharov, Andrei ^a   Johnston, Miles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CIRCULATION DISORDER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; HUMAN; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 33749256018     PISSN: 17438454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8454-2-6     Document Type: Review

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