choroid plexus
Britishnoun
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They focused on a small region called the choroid plexus, which is known as a major conduit of immune cells into the brain.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
After a month, the fragments had organized themselves into primitive structures that could be recognized as developing brain regions such as retina, choroid plexus and cerebral cortex, the researchers explained in a telephone briefing.
From Reuters ● Aug. 28, 2013
In some of these spaces, CSF is produced by filtering of the blood that is performed by a specialized membrane known as a choroid plexus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
They are also found in the choroid plexus of the brain and many endocrine structures, including the hypothalamus, pituitary, pineal, and thyroid glands.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The choroid plexus of the pia mater turns round the gyrus hippocampi, and enters the descending cornu through the lateral part of the great transverse fissure between the taenia hippocampi and optic thalamus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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