The choroid plexus - cerebrospinal fluid system: Undervaluated pathway of neuroendocrine signaling into the brain

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 414-428

  Skipor, Janina ^a   Thiery, Jean Claude ^b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus; CSF; Neuroendocrine signaling

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; EPENDYMA CELL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; HUMANS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 52949148962     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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