Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Gold nanoparticle-enhanced X-ray microtomography of the rodent reveals region-specific cerebrospinal fluid circulation in the brain

  • Shelei Pan,
  • Peter H. Yang,
  • Dakota DeFreitas,
  • Sruthi Ramagiri,
  • Peter O. Bayguinov,
  • Carl D. Hacker,
  • Abraham Z. Snyder,
  • Jackson Wilborn,
  • Hengbo Huang,
  • Gretchen M. Koller,
  • Dhvanii K. Raval,
  • Grace L. Halupnik,
  • Sanja Sviben,
  • Samuel Achilefu,
  • Rui Tang,
  • Gabriel Haller,
  • James D. Quirk,
  • James A. J. Fitzpatrick,
  • Prabagaran Esakky,
  • Jennifer M. Strahle

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36083-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is essential for brain development. Here, the authors use gold nanoparticle enhanced X-ray microtomography to map CSF distribution in post-natal rodents and describe particle size-dependent CSF pathways that transport CSF into the brain parenchyma of rodents.