Table of Contents

Structure of the Mammalian Choroid Plexus.- Blending Established and New Perspectives on Choroid Plexus-CSF Dynamics.- A Frog Model for CSF Secretion.- Cotransport of Water in the Choroid Plexus Epithelium: From Amphibians to Mammals.- The Significance of the Choroid Plexus for Cerebral Iron Homeostasis.- Acid/Base Transporters in CSF Secretion and pH Regulation.- TRPV4, a Regulatory Channel in the Production of Cerebrospinal Fluid by the Choroid Plexus.- Neuroprotective Mechanisms at the Blood-CSF Barrier of the Developing and Adult Brain.- Roles of the Choroid Plexus in Aging.- Choroid Plexus Tumors.- Roles of the Choroid Plexus in CNS Infections.- Hydrocephalus.

About the Author

Jeppe Praetorius

Department of Biomedicine

Aarhus University

Aarhus

Denmark

Department of Biology

Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

Indiana

USA

Helle Damkier

Department of Biomedicine

Aarhus University

Aarhus

Denmark