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ventricles of the brain

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ventricles of the brain,
the cavities within the brain that are filled with cerebrospinal fluid, including the two lateral, the third, and (linked by the aqueduct) the fourth ventricles. They are lined by ependyma which, in certain regions, is invaginated by vascular fringes of pia mater to form the choroid plexuses.


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Other defects include "cleft palate and cleft lip and palate; anorectal atresia (abnormality of the anus/rectum); hydrocephaly (abnormal enlargement of the ventricles of the brain due to accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid); and a limb reduction anomaly," the authors said in the report dated February 11.
A report of these studies, which represent the world's first administration of orgotein into the ventricles of the brain, will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Neurological Sciences.
 
 
 
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