The human brain is a ridiculously complex organ that doesn't give up its secrets easily.
So the team suspects cerebrospinal fluid may pick up some of the immune system's role in the brain. The presence of the SLYM could explain how this works.
Tears in the SLYM may explain some of the long term symptoms of traumatic brain injury, Møllgård and team speculate. Disruption of this barrier would allow immune cells from the skull direct access into the brain, cells that are not calibrated for brain conditions. This could explain ongoing inflammation.
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