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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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BioMed Central
2009
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| 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 |