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GEORGE B. HASSIN, M.D.

Arch Neurol Psychiatry. 1925;14(4):468-488.

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Lesions of the central nervous system afford excellent opportunities for study of numerous problems pertaining to the cerebrospinal fluid. While some facts obtained from histopathologic studies correspond to, others seem to be at variance with experimental findings.

According to prevalent views, the cerebrospinal fluid originates in the lateral ventricles from the choroid plexus. Some (Studnicka,¹ Kafka²) maintain that the ependymal cells of the ventricles and the spinal canal as well as other formations (the "infundibular" gland, the paraphysis, the "epiphyseal" rudiments according to Studnicka) also participate in its production. Some (Weed,³ Weigeldt⁴) again hold that the perivascular channels of Virchow-Robin are contributory agents in the elaboration of this body fluid, while a smaller group of workers (Schmorl,⁵ Lewandowsky,⁶ Askanazy,⁷ Spina,⁸ Tilman,⁹ Bungardt,¹⁰ Becht,¹¹ Klestadt¹²) asserts that the choroid plexus has nothing to do with the cerebrospinal fluid, the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Illinois College of Medicine CHICAGO

From the Pathology Laboratories of the Research and Educational Hospital of the University of Illinois and the Illinois State Psychopathic Institute.

Footnotes
Presented at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases, New York, Dec. 29-30, 1924.