Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Cerebrospinal fluid tracer efflux to parasagittal dura in humans

  • Geir Ringstad,
  • Per Kristian Eide

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14195-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Mechanisms behind molecular transport from cerebrospinal fluid to dural lymphatic vessels remain unknown. This study demonstrates that trans-arachnoid molecular passage does occur and suggests that parasagittal dura may serve as a bridging link between human brain and dural lymphatic vessels.