cerebrospinal fluid

Also known as CSF

clear colorless bodily fluid found in the brain and spine

AI overview

Cerebrospinal fluid is a clear, colorless liquid that surrounds and fills spaces in your brain and spinal cord. It helps protect these delicate structures and plays an important role in maintaining proper brain function.

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Research

152,484 papers

Cerebrospinal fluid.ReviewProgress in neurology and psychiatry · 1967Van der Meulen JPDOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4831-9662-6.50016-0
Cerebrospinal fluid.ReviewProgress in neurology and psychiatry · 1968Gilland O
Cerebrospinal fluid analysis.ReviewThe Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice · 1992Chrisman CLDOI: 10.1016/s0195-5616(92)50077-8
Cerebrospinal fluid: a selective review.ReviewAnnals of neurology · 1982Cutler RW, Spertell RBDOI: 10.1002/ana.410110102
Cerebrospinal fluid.ReviewProgress in neurology and psychiatry · 1970Gilland O
Cerebrospinal fluid.ReviewProgress in neurology and psychiatry · 1969Gilland O
Cerebrospinal fluid: the role of biochemical analysis.ReviewBritish journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005) · 2008Srivastava R, Murphy MJ, Jeffery JDOI: 10.12968/hmed.2008.69.4.28977
Cerebrospinal fluid as a diagnostic body fluid.ReviewThe American journal of medicine · 1983Conly JM, Ronald ARDOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(83)90080-3

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Encyclopedic overview

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear, colorless transcellular body fluid found within the meningeal tissue that surrounds the vertebrate brain and spinal cord, and in the ventricles of the brain.

CSF is mostly produced by the epithelial cells in the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and absorbed in the arachnoid granulations. In humans, there is about 125 mL of CSF at any one time, and about 500 mL is generated every day. CSF acts as a shock absorber, cushion or buffer, providing basic mechanical and immunological protection to the brain inside the skull. CSF also serves a vital function in the cerebral autoregulation of cerebral blood flow.

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