Abstract
Introduction
Hydrocephalus is still a not well-understood diagnostic and a therapeutic dilemma because of the lack of sufficient and comprehensive model of cerebrospinal fluid circulation and pathological alterations.
Conclusions
Based on current studies, reviews, and knowledge of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics, brain water dynamics, intracranial pressure, and cerebral perfusion physiology, a new concept is deducted that can describe normal and pathological changes of cerebrospinal fluid circulation and pathophysiology of idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
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Preuss, M., Hoffmann, KT., Reiss-Zimmermann, M. et al. Updated physiology and pathophysiology of CSF circulation—the pulsatile vector theory. Childs Nerv Syst 29, 1811–1825 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-013-2219-0
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