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The dynamic of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is composed of production, absorption, movement of cerebrospinal fluid and cerebrospinal fluid pressure. The mechanism of production of CSF is still in dispute at the present time, but the recent electronmicroscopic studies by Cooper, Millen, and Rogers support the concept that the choroid plexus is a secretory organ. There is no question about the decisive significance of the choroid plexus. However, already 1953 and 56 SWEET’s group could demonstrate by means of isotope studies that electrolytes and water can enter the CSF space from every adjacent region by means of diffusion of plasma across the bordering membrane, the protein being dependent in the plexus proper. Under normal circumstances seventy to one hundred ml of CSF are produced per day.
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Hemmer, R. (1977). Dynamics of Cerebrospinal Fluid and Pathophysiology of the Hydrocephalus of the Adult. In: WĂĽllenweber, R., Brock, M., Hamer, J., Klinger, M., Spoerri, O. (eds) Lumbar Disc Adult Hydrocephalus. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66578-3_19
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