Fluids and Barriers of the CNS originally started as
Cerebrospinal Fluid Research and subsequently expanded coverage into its current format in 2011. Thus
FBCNS provides a unique publishing platform for all research promoted by IBBS. For the first time, researchers have a journal dedicated to publishing their work in molecular, physiological and pharmacological aspects of brain fluids and barrier systems. Many diverse neurological disorders are associated with abnormalities and/or malfunction of the brain barriers and fluid systems. Recently, the journal has published on such diverse topics as barrier function in cerebral malaria [
1], multiple sclerosis [
2], hypo- and hyperglycaemia [
3], neuroinflammation [
4], gene expression in secretory epithelia [
5], intranasal drug delivery into brain [
6], fetal/neonatal-onset hydrocephalus [
7,
8] and adult-onset hydrocephalus [
9,
10]. In the last few years there have been some exciting developments in research on fluid circulation into, out of, and within the brain that has been facilitated by the application of new imaging and molecular techniques e.g. [
11]. The classical view of CSF circulation and flow first outlined by Cushing early in the 20
th century [
12] has been challenged and extended and this has been highlighted in a recent review article in
FBCNS[
13]. These are exciting and controversial areas of research and
FBCNS provides an excellent forum to publish and discuss these new ideas.