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Live Imaging of the Ependymal Cilia in the Lateral Ventricles of the Mouse Brain

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Published on: June 1, 2015

Cilia-based flow network in the brain ventricles.

Regina Faubel¹, Christian Westendorf², Eberhard Bodenschatz²

¹Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|July 9, 2016

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Cilia in the brain's third ventricle create organized cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flows. A unique cilia switch dynamically alters these CSF flows, potentially controlling substance distribution.

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Fluid Dynamics
Cell Biology

Background:

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) circulates signaling factors within brain ventricles.
The precise mechanisms of CSF transport in the third ventricle are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) transport dynamics in the third ventricle.
To identify the role of cilia in regulating CSF flow patterns.

Main Methods:

Microscopic observation of cilia organization and movement in mouse, rat, and pig brains.
Computational fluid dynamics modeling to analyze flow patterns.

Main Results:

Discovered highly organized cilia modules generating complex CSF flow networks in the third ventricle.
Identified a cilia-based switch that dynamically alters flow patterns and creates subdivisions.
Observed similar complex flow patterns in rat and pig third ventricles.

Conclusions:

Ciliated epithelia are capable of generating and maintaining complex, spatiotemporally regulated CSF flow networks.
The discovered cilia-based switch may play a crucial role in regulating substance distribution within the brain's ventricular system.