Fluids and Barriers of the CNS

Aims and scope

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS is an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal that considers manuscripts on all CNS fluids and barrier systems in health and disease.

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS is affiliated to the International Brain Barriers Society (IBBS) and the International Society for Hydrocephalus and CSF Disorders (ISHCSF).

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Thematic series
Brain barriers and their microenvironment: Emerging models and techniques
Edited by Danica Stanimirovic, Britta Engelhardt, Elizabeth de Lange

Thematic series
Hydrocephalus: Promoting research for improved outcomes

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Latest supplements

Abstracts from Hydrocephalus 2015
Meeting abstracts
Banff, Canada. 18-21 September 2015

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About the Editors

Lester R Drewes, Editor-in-Chief

Lester Drewes is currently Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Minnesota Duluth Medical School, and past President of the International Brain Barriers Society. Read more

Hazel C Jones, Editor-in-Chief

Hazel Jones is Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London and lately Courtesy Research Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida. Read more

Richard F Keep, Editor-in-Chief

Richard Keep is currently Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery and in the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology at the University of Michigan. He is also Director of the Crosby Neurosurgical Laboratories and Associate Chair for Research in Neurosurgery. Read more

Editors-in-Chief

Lester R Drewes, University of Minnesota, USA
Hazel C Jones, King's College London, UK
Richard F Keep, University of Michigan, USA

Latest review

Blood–brain barrier and foetal-onset hydrocephalus, with a view on potential novel treatments beyond managing CSF flow

M. Guerra, J. L. Blázquez and E. M. Rodríguez

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Featured article

Barrier dysfunction or drainage reduction: differentiating causes of CSF protein increase

Mahdi Asgari, Diane A. de Zélicourt and Vartan Kurtcuoglu

Society affiliations

International Brain Barriers Society (IBBS)

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS is an official journal of the IBBS: a scientific and educational non-profit organisation advocating scientific and clinical research on the biological barriers in the central nervous system.

International Society for Hydrocephalus and CSF Disorders (ISHCSF)

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS is an official journal of the ISHCSF: a non-profit organisation that aims to advance the art and science of clinical care and research into hydrocephalus and CSF disorders, and promote the best possible care for patients.

All IBBS and ISHCSF members are eligible for a 25% discount when publishing with Fluids and Barriers of the CNS.

Scimago journal rank

FBCNS is ranked in the top quartile of the Developmental Neuroscience, Neurology and Neuroscience subject categories, by SCImago Journal Rank.

Forthcoming meetings

November 10 - 11, 2017
Idrocefalo Normoteso

November 28 - December 1, 2017
12th International Conference on Cerebral Vascular Biology

June 17 - 22, 2018
GRC: Barriers of the CNS

June 28 - 30, 2018
15th National Conference on Hydrocephalus

October 19 - 22, 2018
ISHCSF: Hydrocephalus 2018