Fluid transport in the brain

MK Rasmussen, H Mestre… - Physiological …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
The brain harbors a unique ability to, figuratively speaking, shift its gears. During
wakefulness, the brain is geared fully toward processing information and behaving, while …

Cerebrospinal fluid flow

DH Kelley, JH Thomas - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Circulation of cerebrospinal fluid and interstitial fluid around the central nervous system and
through the brain transports not only those water-like fluids but also any solutes they carry …

[HTML][HTML] The meningeal lymphatic system: a new player in neurophysiology

S Da Mesquita, Z Fu, J Kipnis - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
The nature of fluid dynamics within the brain parenchyma is a focus of intensive research. Of
particular relevance is its participation in diseases associated with protein accumulation and …

Molecular anatomy and functions of the choroidal blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier in health and disease

JF Ghersi-Egea, N Strazielle, M Catala… - Acta …, 2018 - Springer
The barrier between the blood and the ventricular cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is located at the
choroid plexuses. At the interface between two circulating fluids, these richly vascularized …

Motile and non‐motile cilia in human pathology: from function to phenotypes

HM Mitchison, EM Valente - The Journal of pathology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ciliopathies are inherited human disorders caused by both motile and non‐motile cilia
dysfunction that form an important and rapidly expanding disease category. Ciliopathies are …

Bioinspired cilia arrays with programmable nonreciprocal motion and metachronal coordination

X Dong, GZ Lum, W Hu, R Zhang, Z Ren, PR Onck… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Coordinated nonreciprocal dynamics in biological cilia is essential to many living systems,
where the emergentmetachronal waves of cilia have been hypothesized to enhance net fluid …

The development and functions of multiciliated epithelia

N Spassky, A Meunier - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
Multiciliated cells are epithelial cells that are in contact with bodily fluids and are required for
the proper function of major organs including the brain, the respiratory system and the …

[HTML][HTML] A cellular and spatial map of the choroid plexus across brain ventricles and ages

N Dani, RH Herbst, C McCabe, GS Green, K Kaiser… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The choroid plexus (ChP) in each brain ventricle produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and
forms the blood-CSF barrier. Here, we construct a single-cell and spatial atlas of each ChP …

The multiscale physics of cilia and flagella

W Gilpin, MS Bull, M Prakash - Nature Reviews Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Cilia and flagella are fundamental units of motion in cellular biology. These beating, hair-like
organelles share a common basic structure but maintain widely varying functions in systems …

The versatile tanycyte: a hypothalamic integrator of reproduction and energy metabolism

V Prevot, B Dehouck, A Sharif, P Ciofi… - Endocrine …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The fertility and survival of an individual rely on the ability of the periphery to promptly,
effectively, and reproducibly communicate with brain neural networks that control …