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Choroid Plexus

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Handbook of Neurochemistry

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The choroid plexuses are specialized highly vascular anatomical structures which protrude into the cerebral ventricles. A choroid plexus is found in each lateral ventricle, as well as in the third ventricle and fourth ventricle. The surface of the choroid plexus consists of small villi each covered with a single layer of large cuboidal epithelial cells. Underneath the epithelial layer a central core is found consisting of loose connective tissues in which a central capillary is embedded (Fig. 1).

The author is indebted to the U. S. Public Health Service for grants that enabled him to conduct the original research, part of which is reported in this chapter.

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Csáky, T.Z. (1969). Choroid Plexus. In: Lajtha, A. (eds) Handbook of Neurochemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7321-4_4

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