A balanced view of the cerebrospinal fluid composition and functions: Focus on adult humans

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 273, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-68

  Spector, Reynold ^a   Robert Snodgrass, S ^b   Johanson, Conrad E ^c  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Brown University Program in Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Blood CSF barrier; Brain extracellular space; Cerebrospinal fluid peptides; Choroidal reabsorptive transport; CSF circulation; CSF streaming; Glia; Glymphatic system; Hydrocephalus; Immunomodulation; Neurogenesis; Primary ciliary dyskinesia; Trans ependymal exchange; Trans pial exchange; Water movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHOROID PLEXUS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAP JUNCTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HEART BEAT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NERVE ROOT; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMANS;

EID: 84939536467     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2015.07.027     Document Type: Review

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