Intraventricular infusion of hyperosmolar dextran induces hydrocephalus: a novel animal model of hydrocephalus

BACKGROUND: Popular circulation theory of hydrocephalus assumes that the brain is impermeable to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and is therefore incapable of absorbing the CSF accumulating within the ventricles. However, the brain parenchyma is permeable to water due to the presence of specific ion chan...

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Autores principales: Krishnamurthy, Satish, Li, Jie, Schultz, Lonni, McAllister, James P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2801660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20003330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-8454-6-16

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2801660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20003330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-8454-6-16

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