Choroid plexus tumours (CPTs) are relatively rare primary brain tumours arising from epithelial differentiated tissue. With an annual incidence of 0.3 cases per million (Janisch and Staneczek, 1988, ...

New work offers an unprecedented real-time view of the choroid plexus in a mouse model, providing a glimpse of how disturbances of the mother's immune system during pregnancy disrupt the developing ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Increased volume of an important structure in the brain called the choroid plexus is linked to greater cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study ...

If you've never heard of the choroid plexus, you're not alone. In fact, few neuroscientists know much about this part of the brain. In the words of the late comedian Rodney Dangerfield, the choroid ...

It shows that the choroid plexus can act as a conduit for inflammation, which can result from maternal infection, stress from the environment, and other factors. A window on the choroid plexus Because ...

Abbreviations: SickKids, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; CHLA, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, CA; CHTN, Collaborative Human Tissue ...

Once viewed merely as a producer of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) bathing the brain and spinal cord, the choroid plexus is now known to be a key player in brain development and immunity. These fronds ...

Inflammaging, describes the increase in an inflammatory alteration in the brain, due to aging and predicts the morbidity and mortality in older humans. To understand the origins, scientists have ...

In the August 21 Science, researchers led by Michal Schwartz and Ido Amit, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, report that the choroid plexus, the barrier separating the blood and the ...

Increased volume of the choroid plexus, which produces and secretes cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), was tied to cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease, a retrospective study showed. Among 532 adults ...

Floating in fluid deep in the brain are small, little understood fronds of tissue. Two new studies reveal that these miniature organs are a hotbed of immune system activity. This activity may protect ...