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 …

Development and functions of the choroid plexus–cerebrospinal fluid system

MP Lun, ES Monuki, MK Lehtinen - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
The choroid plexus (ChP) is the principal source of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which has
accepted roles as a fluid cushion and a sink for nervous system waste in vertebrates …

[HTML][HTML] Human pluripotent stem cell-derived neural cells and brain organoids reveal SARS-CoV-2 neurotropism predominates in choroid plexus epithelium

F Jacob, SR Pather, WK Huang, F Zhang, SZH Wong… - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Neurological complications are common in patients with COVID-19. Although severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causal pathogen of COVID-19, has …

Human CNS barrier-forming organoids with cerebrospinal fluid production

L Pellegrini, C Bonfio, J Chadwick, F Begum, M Skehel… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The choroid plexus is a secretory epithelial tissue of the central nervous
system (CNS) responsible for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) production and functions as a barrier …

[HTML][HTML] Generation of functional hippocampal neurons from self-organizing human embryonic stem cell-derived dorsomedial telencephalic tissue

H Sakaguchi, T Kadoshima, M Soen, N Narii… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The develo** dorsomedial telencephalon includes the medial pallium, which goes on to
form the hippocampus. Generating a reliable source of human hippocampal tissue is an …

[HTML][HTML] Self-organized cerebral organoids with human-specific features predict effective drugs to combat Zika virus infection

M Watanabe, JE Buth, N Vishlaghi… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
The human cerebral cortex possesses distinct structural and functional features that are not
found in the lower species traditionally used to model brain development and disease …

Emergence and developmental roles of the cerebrospinal fluid system

RM Fame, MK Lehtinen - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
We summarize recent work illuminating how cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) regulates brain
function. More than a protective fluid cushion and sink for waste, the CSF is an integral CNS …

Generating human neural diversity with a multiplexed morphogen screen in organoids

ND Amin, KW Kelley, K Kaganovsky, M Onesto, J Hao… - Cell Stem Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Morphogens choreograph the generation of remarkable cellular diversity in the develo**
nervous system. Differentiation of stem cells in vitro often relies upon the combinatorial …

Map** the ethical issues of brain organoid research and application

T Sawai, Y Hayashi, T Niikawa, J Shepherd… - AJOB …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In 2008, researchers created human three-dimensional neural tissue–known as the
pioneering work of “brain organoids.” In recent years, some researchers have transplanted …

Choroid plexus pathophysiology

Y Courtney, A Hochstetler… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
This review examines the crucial roles of the choroid plexus (ChP) in central nervous system
(CNS) pathology, emphasizing its involvement in disease mechanisms and therapeutic …