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Brinker, T., Stopa, E., Morrison, J., & Klinge, P. (2014). A new look at cerebrospinal fluid circulation. Fluids and barriers of the CNS, 1110. https://doi.org/10.1186/2045-8118-11-10
Brinker, Thomas, et al. "A new look at cerebrospinal fluid circulation." Fluids and barriers of the CNS vol. 11 (2014): 10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/2045-8118-11-10
Brinker T, Stopa E, Morrison J, Klinge P. A new look at cerebrospinal fluid circulation. Fluids Barriers CNS. 2014 May 01;11:10. doi: 10.1186/2045-8118-11-10. eCollection 2014. PMID: 24817998; PMCID: PMC4016637.
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Fluids Barriers CNS. 2014 May 01;11:10. doi: 10.1186/2045-8118-11-10. eCollection 2014.

A new look at cerebrospinal fluid circulation.

Fluids and barriers of the CNS

Thomas Brinker, Edward Stopa, John Morrison, Petra Klinge

Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA.

PMID: 24817998 PMCID: PMC4016637 DOI: 10.1186/2045-8118-11-10

Abstract

According to the traditional understanding of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) physiology, the majority of CSF is produced by the choroid plexus, circulates through the ventricles, the cisterns, and the subarachnoid space to be absorbed into the blood by the arachnoid villi. This review surveys key developments leading to the traditional concept. Challenging this concept are novel insights utilizing molecular and cellular biology as well as neuroimaging, which indicate that CSF physiology may be much more complex than previously believed. The CSF circulation comprises not only a directed flow of CSF, but in addition a pulsatile to and fro movement throughout the entire brain with local fluid exchange between blood, interstitial fluid, and CSF. Astrocytes, aquaporins, and other membrane transporters are key elements in brain water and CSF homeostasis. A continuous bidirectional fluid exchange at the blood brain barrier produces flow rates, which exceed the choroidal CSF production rate by far. The CSF circulation around blood vessels penetrating from the subarachnoid space into the Virchow Robin spaces provides both a drainage pathway for the clearance of waste molecules from the brain and a site for the interaction of the systemic immune system with that of the brain. Important physiological functions, for example the regeneration of the brain during sleep, may depend on CSF circulation.

Keywords: Aquaporin; Astrocyte; Blood brain barrier; Cerebrospinal fluid circulation; Virchow Robin space

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