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. 2017 Oct 20;7:13652. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13947-3

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Alcohol drinking altered the dynamics of ependymal cilia in the brain. Two-month old Wistar rats were given either water or 95% ethanol (alcohol) at a 6 g per kg of body weight for seven days. After acute oral treatment with alcohol, the rat’s brain was dissected to examine the dynamics of ependymal cilia in both the lateral and third ventricles. Alcohol drinking caused a significant decrease in the beating frequency of the ependymal cilia of both, (a) the lateral and (b) third ventricles compared to the control group. (c) Further comparison within the control groups and the alcohol-drinking groups between the dynamics of the ependymal cilia in the lateral ventricle vs. the third ventricle demonstrated no significant difference between the ciliary beating frequencies.