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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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The Talos post was published around the same time that the dark web site belonging to BlackSuit began displaying a message saying the site had been seized in Operation CheckMate.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
26 July 2025
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As the newspaper printing was phased out, the number of telephone calls to the toll-free number also dropped and the number of web searches exploded.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
25 July 2025
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The sun-shielding hat has an adjustable chin strap and mesh ventilation for those days when your hair and head need to breathe.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
20 July 2025
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The anticipated sale, announced July 18 for an undisclosed sum, meshes with BP’s new strategy of doubling down on fossil fuel production while cutting overall costs, especially in clean energy investments.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
18 July 2025
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The suit alleged, among other things, that the company had deliberately gamed the federal student aid system.—
Chris Quintana,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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The Austin service involves a small fleet of about 10 to 20 Model Y vehicles equipped with the company’s latest self-driving systems.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
26 July 2025
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While both are fair subjects for criticism, Howze misses an opportunity for sharper, more specific satire by flattening the outsiders into a conglomerate threat.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 2025
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The new conglomerate, expected to be finalized by the end of the year, also includes the USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, Syfy and the Golf Channel, along with Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, SportsEngine and GolfNow.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
24 July 2025
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But on the whole, the app works well, delivers appropriate notifications, and isn't overly complicated.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 July 2025
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To be clear, this is not the whole of Texas, but the local region of the flash flood alley, which has the worst flooding history, not only for Texas, but also for the entire Unites States.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The 38-year-old host denied the allegations against her but took some time off from the network as the story made its rounds.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
15 July 2025
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Though sales at the flagship on Boulevard Haussmann have returned to pre-pandemic levels, with revenues of 2 billion euros in 2024, the group’s regional network continues to suffer.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
15 July 2025
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“Plexus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plexus. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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