The influence of the relative timing of arterial and subarachnoid space pulse waves on spinal perivascular cerebrospinal fluid flow as a possible factor in syrinx development

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 808-813

  Bilston, Lynne E ^a   StooDLey, Marcus A ^a   Fletcher, Davi F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid flow; Fluid dynamics; Perivascular space; Subarachnoid space; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; PERIVASCULAR SPACE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE PRESSURE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TIME;

ARTERIES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SPINAL CORD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 77950647447     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.5.JNS08945     Document Type: Article

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