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Increasing your caffeine consumption to an equivalent of three to four cups of coffee per day can also help by increasing CSF production through stimulating the choroid plexus.
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Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
It is primarily produced by a network of cells called the choroid plexus, which is located in the brain’s ventricles or cavities.
—Danielle Wilhour, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
It is primarily produced by a network of cells called the choroid plexus, which is located in the brain’s ventricles, or cavities.
—Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024
In the choroid plexus, a tissue in the large cavities of the brain that produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the walls of blood vessels are much leakier.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2023
Hormones, such as inflammatory cytokines, neurotransmitters, and kinins, interact between the brain and the gut’s local area, called the myenteric plexus, explains Cynthia Quainoo, MD, a gastroenterologist at Gastroenterology Associates of Brooklyn.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
However, a tuft of pubic hair is suddenly obstructed by coils of intestine and a plexus of blood vessels and nerve endings.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023
Alpha-klotho is highly abundant in a central structure of the brain called the choroid plexus.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
The choroid plexus is a network of blood vessels that produce cerebrospinal fluid.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
It is primarily produced by a network of cells called the choroid plexus, which is located in the brain’s ventricles or cavities.
—Danielle Wilhour, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
It is primarily produced by a network of cells called the choroid plexus, which is located in the brain’s ventricles, or cavities.
—Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024
In the choroid plexus, a tissue in the large cavities of the brain that produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the walls of blood vessels are much leakier.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2023
Hormones, such as inflammatory cytokines, neurotransmitters, and kinins, interact between the brain and the gut’s local area, called the myenteric plexus, explains Cynthia Quainoo, MD, a gastroenterologist at Gastroenterology Associates of Brooklyn.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
However, a tuft of pubic hair is suddenly obstructed by coils of intestine and a plexus of blood vessels and nerve endings.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023
Alpha-klotho is highly abundant in a central structure of the brain called the choroid plexus.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
The choroid plexus is a network of blood vessels that produce cerebrospinal fluid.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plexus
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Protect Your Eyes The eye's drainage system (the trabecular meshwork) can be damaged by blunt force injury, such as an object hitting the eye.—
Maxine Lipner,
Verywell Health,
10 Mar. 2025
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Some of the telecommunication equipment was shielded by a Faraday cage, a metal meshwork designed to deflect a nuclear electromagnetic pulse that can fry electronics.—
Jack Randall,
USA TODAY,
15 Dec. 2024
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They would then be redirected to their bank, which would not know which web site the request had some from, and required to log in.—
David G.W. Birch,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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In the end, Rothstein—a master spider—was ensnared in a web even more ingenious than his own, woven, maddeningly, by lesser spiders.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Netgear’s latest release is the Orbi 370 Series, an entry-level, dual-band Wi-Fi 7 mesh.—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
2 Aug. 2025
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In addition, a bin-style pantry organizer is likely more stable than one with a mesh iron design.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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First downs will no longer be measured by a chain gang, who have been replaced by Sony’s Hawk-Eye virtual measurement system (the system was used in July’s Hall of Fame game).—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Julie Holt Julie Holt serves as the chief nursing officer and vice president at The Christ Hospital, a regional care system comprised of The Christ Hospital and more than 100 outpatient and physician locations in the Greater Cincinnati area.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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The chairman of the Philippines’ oldest conglomerate, Ayala Corp., nudged his eldest daughter to come home.—
Jonathan Burgos,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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In June, radio conglomerate Audacy shut down its Pineapple Street Studios division, which produced podcasts for third-party brands such as HBO, Apple TV+ and Netflix, and, which was seen as another sign of the podcasting industry’s move away from the audio-only business.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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They’re tied for 12th in team defensive runs (22) saved, which indicates their defense has been at least above average on the whole.—
James O'Connell,
New York Daily News,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Pacific challenge aims to raise awareness and funding to build boreholes for the whole of the Ambohimanarina municipality in Madagascar, where currently only 14% of the population has access to safe, clean drinking water.—
Quinta Thomson,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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The company is in the process of preparing to split itself in two, with the studios business, HBO, and HBO Max set to become a company called Warner Bros., and the linear networks set to become a company called Discovery.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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The company behind the Warner Bros. studio, the HBO Max streaming service and cable networks including CNN and HGTV saw improving results for its streaming operations and production studios, even as conditions for its traditional TV networks appeared to worsen.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Plexus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plexus. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.
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