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).
Thematic Series
Genetic Aspects of Hydrocephalus
Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
Thematic Series
Advances in in vitro modeling of the blood-brain barrier and neurovascular unit
Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
Thematic series
CNS Fluid and Solute Movement: Physiology, Modelling and Imaging
Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
Thematic series
Brain barriers and their microenvironment: Emerging models and techniques
Edited by Danica Stanimirovic, Britta Engelhardt, Elizabeth de Lange
Abstracts from Hydrocephalus 2021 - The Thirteenth Meeting of the International Society for Hydrocephalus and Cerebrospinal Fluid Disorders
Volume 18 Supplement 2
Meeting abstracts
Virtual. 10-13 September 2021
Abstracts from the Virtual Symposium “Signal Transduction at the Blood-Brain Barriers”
Volume 18 Supplement 1
Meeting abstracts
Virtual. 22-24 September 2021
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
Lester R Drewes, University of Minnesota, USA
Hazel C Jones, King's College London, UK
Richard F Keep, University of Michigan, USA
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 15% discount when publishing with Fluids and Barriers of the CNS.
We are pleased to announce that the official 2-year impact factor of FBCNS for 2021 is now 6.961, with a ranking between 84th and 93rd percentile among Neuroscience journals.
Genetic disorders and genetic manipulation at the blood-brain barriers
This series addresses how genetic mutations in humans can impact barrier and NVU function leading to pathology, how experimental gene deletion and overexpression studies provide insights into the barriers and NVU, and how model systems have advanced the field.
The impact of genetic manipulation of laminin and integrins at the blood–brain barrier.
Blood vessels in the central nervous system (CNS) are unique in having high electrical resistance and low permeability, which creates a selective barrier protecting sensitive neural cells within the CNS from potentially harmful components in the blood...
Authors: Sebok K. Halder, Arjun Sapkota and Richard Milner
Citation: Fluids and Barriers of the CNS 2022 19:50
Published on: 11 June 2022
Claudin-5a is essential for the functional formation of both zebrafish blood-brain barrier and blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier
Mammalian Claudin-5 is the main endothelial tight junction component maintaining blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability, while Claudin-1 and -3 seal the paracellular space of choroid plexus (CP) epithelial cells contributing to the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB). In zebrafish,...
Authors: Yanyu Li, Chunchun Wang, Liang Zhang, Bing Chen, Yuqian Mo and Jingjing Zhang
Citation: Fluids and Barriers of the CNS 2022 19:40
Published on: 03 June 2022
FBCNS is ranked in the top quartile of the Developmental Neuroscience, Neurology and Neuroscience subject categories, by SCImago Journal Rank.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the awards for best presentations sponsored by the International Society for Hydrocephalus and CSF Disorders and by Fluids and Barriers of the CNS at this year’s Hydrocephalus conference, September 9-12, Gothenburg Sweden.
Find out more about the winners here.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the awards for best presentations sponsored by the International Brain Barriers Society and by Fluids and Barriers of the CNS at the 2022 ‘Barriers of the CNS’ Gordon Research Conference, June 12-17th 2022.
Find out more about the winners here.
1st Keystone Symposium on 'Drug delivery to the brain: challenges and progress'. January 23 - 26, 2023, Beaver Run Resort, Colorado, USA. www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/conference-listing/meeting?eventid=6789
SEISC Franco-Belgian-British meeting on Blood-Brain Interfaces, March 22-24, 2023, Arras, France. https://seisc.jimdofree.com/anglais/home/ . seisc.asso@gmail.com
Brain Barriers Cold Spring Harbor Conference. March 28-April 1, 2023, https://meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.aspx?meet=BBB&year=23
Cerebral Vascular Biology meeting, June 18 – 22, 2023 Uppsala, Sweden. https://www.cvb2023.com
25rd International Symposium on Signal Transduction at the Blood-Brain Barriers. Satellite symposium, June 18th 2023 Uppsala, https://www.ibbsoc.org/events-calendar/june-18-2023-satellite-symposium-25th-international-symposium-on-signal-transduction-at-the-blood-brain-barriers-uppsala-sweden
15th Meeting of the Hydrocephalus Society (International Society for Hydrocephalus and CSF Disorders). Hydrocephalus 2023, Hamburg, Germany, August 25-28, 2023. https://www.hydrocephalus-meeting.com
Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida. Annual Meeting 2023 TBA: https://srhsb.com
Citation Impact
6.961 - 2-year impact factor (2021)
6.634 - 5-year impact factor (2021)
1.596 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.632 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
9.3 - Cite Score
Speed
27 days to first decision for all manuscripts (Median)
35 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only (Median)
Usage
519,036 downloads (2021)
278 Altmetric mentions (2021)
Fluids and Barriers of the CNS