Evidence for rapid fluid flow from the subarachnoid space into the spinal cord central canal in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 707, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-164

  Stoodley, Marcus A ^a   Jones, Nigel R ^a   Brown, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central canal; Cerebrospinal fluid; Horseradish peroxidase; Perivascular space; Spinal cord; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA; VASCULAR TISSUE;

EID: 0030058546     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01228-1     Document Type: Article

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