Selective blockade of the rat brain aqueduct with thermogelling hydrogel nanoparticle dispersion

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 546-552

  Kramer, Phillip R ^a   Guan, Guoqiang ^a   Zhou, Jun ^b   Hu, Zhibing ^b   Bellinger, Larry L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueduct; Blockage; Hydrogel; Isolation; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DYE; GLUCOSE; NANOPARTICLE; STRESS HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CANNULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROGEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 38849209939     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.10.023     Document Type: Article

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