Exploring mechanisms of ventricular enlargement in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a role of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and motile cilia

Abstract Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is considered an age-dependent chronic communicating hydrocephalus associated with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) malabsorption; however, the aetiology of ventricular enlargement in iNPH has not yet been elucidated. There is accumulating evidence t...

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Main Authors: Shigeki Yamada, Masatsune Ishikawa, Kazuhiko Nozaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12987-021-00243-6