The choroid plexus and cerebrospinal fluid : emerging roles in CNS development, maintenance, and disease progression / / edited by Josh Neman, Thomas C. Chen ; acquisition editor Natalie Farra ; designer Matthew Limbert ; contributors Jerome Badaut [and seventeen others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797666203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : , : Academic Press, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 0-12-801842-9; 0-12-801740-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.833
• Soggetti: Choroid plexus; Cerebrospinal fluid
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction to the ventricular system and choroid plexus / Tatsuhiro Fujii, Joshua Youssefzadeh, Michael Novel, Josh Neman -- Development of brain ventricles and choroid plexus / Ellen M. Carpenter -- Choroid plexus : structure and function / Florence M. Hofman, Thomas C. Chen -- Toward an artificial choroid plexus, concept and clinical implications / Thomas Brinker, John Morrison -- Choroid plexus tumors / Sean A. Grimm, Marc C. Chamberlain -- Role of blood-brain barrier, choroid plexus, and cerebral spinal fluid in extravasation and colonization of brain metastases / Cecilia Choy, Josh Neman -- The role of the choroid plexus in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis / Vahan Martirosian, Alex Julian, Josh Neman -- The choroid plexus and cerebrospinal fluid system : roles in neurodegenerative diseases / Jérôme Badaut, Jean-François Ghersi-Egea -- Delivery considerations for targeting the choroid plexus-cerebrospinal fluid route / Thomas C. Chen.