F. Abbate et al., DIFFERENTIATION OF EPENDYMAL SURFACE OF LATERAL VENTRICLES IN FETUS AND NEWBORN RABBITS - OBSERVATIONS BY SEM, ANAT HISTOL, 22(4), 1993, pp. 348-354
The ultrastructural modifications that occur on the ependymal surface
of the lateral ventricles of prenatal rabbit brains at 25, 27, 29 days
of pregnancy, of term fetuses (30-31 days) and of 5, 10, 15 day old n
ewborn rabbits, were studied by a SEM. On the ependymal surface the ci
lia, usually associated in tufts and the microvilli, variable in size
and number, that surround them, show a rate of development correlated
to the age. The results show the early differentiation of the surface
features commensurated with early cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) functionin
g.