Brain barriers and brain fluid research in 2016: advances, challenges and controversies

Abstract

This editorial highlights some of the advances that occurred in relation to brain barriers and brain fluid research in 2016. It also aims to raise some of the attendant controversies and challenges in such research.

Progress in brain barriers and brain fluid research in 2017

“…The purpose of this editorial is to highlight advances in brain barriers and brain fluids research in 2017 as well as areas of debate. As always, it is not possible to cover all important progress and, as we have mentioned before [ 1 ], such choices are idiosyncratic. However, we hope this editorial is useful for informing our readership and identifying promising areas for study as well as areas where technological advances are needed.…”

“…There has been some debate of the relative role of the choroid plexus in CSF secretion [ 1 ]. Praetorius and Dimiker [ 35 ] produced a comprehensive review of vectorial ion transport at the choroid plexus epithelium forming the basis for fluid secretion.…”