Kaolin-induced hydrocephalus in the hamster: Temporal sequence of changes in intracranial pressure, ventriculomegaly and whole-brain specific gravity

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-250

  Azzi, Gilberto M ^a,b   Canady, Alexa I ^a   Ham, Steven ^a   Mitchell, Jerald A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hospital 9 de Julho   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Intracranial pressure; Kaolin; Specific gravity; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

KAOLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CELL SURFACE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM; RELATIVE DENSITY; RUPTURE; WATER CONTENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CILIA; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; KAOLIN; MESOCRICETUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHARMACEUTIC AIDS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0032870344     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051076     Document Type: Article

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