Cilia-based flow network in the brain ventricles

Abstract

Going with the flow The interstitial spaces of the brain are filled with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Faubel et al. studied fluid transport in the third ventricle of the brain of mice, rats, and pigs. Sophisticated, state-of-the-art fluid dynamic studies revealed a complex pattern of cilia beating that leads to an intricate network of “highways” of CSF flow. This flow rapidly and efficiently transports and partitions CSF. Science , this issue p. 176