Sympathetic nervous control of cerebrospinal fluid production from the choroid plexus.
The rabbit choroid plexus, responsible for the bulk production of cerebrospinal fluid, is well supplied by sympathetic nerves emanating in the superior cervical ganglia. Electrical stimulation of these nerves markedly reduces production of cerebrospinal fluid, measured by [14C] inulin dilution during ventricular perfusion, whereas sympathetic denervation enhances the rate of formation.
D000320:Adrenergic Fibers / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000378:metabolism*; D002831:Choroid Plexus / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005725:Ganglia, Autonomic / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000166:cytology; D011817:Rabbits; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*