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Paravascular channels, cisterns, and the subarachnoid space in the rat brain: A single compartment with preferential pathways

Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism, 2017-04, Vol.37 (4), p.1374-1385 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

The Author(s) 2016 ;The Author(s) 2016 2016 International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism ;ISSN: 0271-678X ;EISSN: 1559-7016 ;DOI: 10.1177/0271678X16655550 ;PMID: 27306753

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Title:
Paravascular channels, cisterns, and the subarachnoid space in the rat brain: A single compartment with preferential pathways
Author: Bedussi, Beatrice ; van der Wel, Nicole N ; de Vos, Judith ; van Veen, Henk ; Siebes, Maria ; VanBavel, Ed ; Bakker, Erik NTP
Subjects: Animals ; Blood Vessels - diagnostic imaging ; Blood Vessels - ultrastructure ; Brain - blood supply ; Brain - diagnostic imaging ; Brain - ultrastructure ; Cerebral Ventricles - blood supply ; Cerebral Ventricles - diagnostic imaging ; Cerebral Ventricles - ultrastructure ; Cerebrospinal Fluid - diagnostic imaging ; Cisterna Magna - diagnostic imaging ; Cisterna Magna - ultrastructure ; Dextrans ; Endothelium, Vascular - diagnostic imaging ; Endothelium, Vascular - ultrastructure ; Extracellular Fluid - diagnostic imaging ; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - methods ; Male ; Microscopy, Confocal ; Microscopy, Electron ; Original ; Rats, Inbred WKY ; Subarachnoid Space
Is Part Of: Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism, 2017-04, Vol.37 (4), p.1374-1385
Description: Recent evidence suggests an extensive exchange of fluid and solutes between the subarachnoid space and the brain interstitium, involving preferential pathways along blood vessels. We studied the anatomical relations between brain vasculature, cerebrospinal fluid compartments, and paravascular spaces in male Wistar rats. A fluorescent tracer was infused into the cisterna magna, without affecting intracranial pressure. Tracer distribution was analyzed using a 3D imaging cryomicrotome, confocal microscopy, and correlative light and electron microscopy. We found a strong 3D colocalization of tracer with major arteries and veins in the subarachnoid space and large cisterns, attributed to relatively large subarachnoid space volumes around the vessels. Confocal imaging confirmed this colocalization and also revealed novel cisternal connections between the subarachnoid space and ventricles. Unlike the vessels in the subarachnoid space, penetrating arteries but not veins were surrounded by tracer. Correlative light and electron microscopy images indicated that this paravascular space was located outside of the endothelial layer in capillaries and just outside of the smooth muscle cells in arteries. In conclusion, the cerebrospinal fluid compartment, consisting of the subarachnoid space, cisterns, ventricles, and para-arteriolar spaces, forms a continuous and extensive network that surrounds and penetrates the rat brain, in which mixing may facilitate exchange between interstitial fluid and cerebrospinal fluid.
Publisher: London, England: SAGE Publications
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0271-678X
EISSN: 1559-7016
DOI: 10.1177/0271678X16655550
PMID: 27306753
Source: Geneva Foundation Free Medical Journals at publisher websites
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Paravascular channels, cisterns, and the subarachnoid space in the rat brain: A single compartment with preferential pathways

The Author(s) 2016 ;The Author(s) 2016 2016 International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism ;ISSN: 0271-678X ;EISSN: 1559-7016 ;DOI: 10.1177/0271678X16655550 ;PMID: 27306753

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