Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) increases CSF flow and glymphatic transport
Ozturk B, Koundal S, Al Bizri E, Chen X, Gursky Z, Dai F, Lim A, Heerdt P, Kipnis J, Tannenbaum A, Lee H, Benveniste H. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) increases CSF flow and glymphatic transport. JCI Insight 2023, 8: e170270. PMID: 37159262, PMCID: PMC10371231, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.170270.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContinuous positive airway pressurePositive airway pressureGlymphatic transportAirway pressureIntracranial pressureEnd-expiratory lung volumeCSF bulk flowCerebrospinal fluid flowArterial oxygenationUpper airwayLung volumeCPAP deviceRespiratory functionClearance functionTherapeutic benefitSkull baseAnesthetized rodentsCSF flowFluid homeostasisPhysiological testingLymphatic systemFunctional crosstalkClinical devicesAirwayRats195 Aberrant Brain Biomechanics Initiates Ventricular Dilation in a Genetic Subtype of Congenital Hydrocephalus
Phan D, Dahl P, Koundal S, Pedram M, Deniz E, Benveniste H, Malvankar N, Kahle K. 195 Aberrant Brain Biomechanics Initiates Ventricular Dilation in a Genetic Subtype of Congenital Hydrocephalus. Neurosurgery 2023, 69: 32-32. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002375_195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVentricular dilationCongenital hydrocephalusCongenital brain malformationsHuman congenital hydrocephalusCerebrospinal fluid circulationNeural stem cell proliferationCortical hypoplasiaAqueductal obstructionBrain parenchymaBrain malformationsMouse modelHydrocephalus patientsNeurogenesis resultsVentricular expansionNeural stem cell fateCSF circulationIntracranial physiologyCSF flowGenetic subtypesPrimary physiological factorCSF dynamicsCell proliferationCSFSame point mutationHydrocephalus