From: Protein and synthetic polymer injection for induction of obstructive hydrocephalus in rats
Substance | Total Number Injected | Acute Mortality (a) | Time Points | Number with enlarged ventricles (b) | Ventricle Size Index (c) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kaolin (30–35 μl) | 40 | 4 (10%) | 2d | 4/4 | |
5d | 5/5 | 0.125 ± 0.024 | |||
10d | 4/4 | ||||
14d | 21/23 | 0.168 ± 0.018 | |||
Matrigel (d) | 42 | 7 (17%) | 2d | 2/3 | |
p = 0.520 | 5d | 1/4 | 0.103 ± 0.020 | ||
10d | 1/1 | ||||
14d | 3/27 | 0.057 ± 0.021 | |||
p < 0.001 | p < 0.05 | ||||
Onyx-18 (e) | 29 | 13 (45%) | 2d | 1/3 | |
p < 0.001 | 5d | 0/3 | |||
10d | 0/2 | ||||
14d | 0/8 | - | |||
p < 0.001 | |||||
Onyx-34 (f) | 37 | 10 (27%) | 2d | 2/6 | |
p = 0.076 | 5d | 3/5 | 0.113 ± 0.013 | ||
10d | 0/9 | ||||
14d | 2/7 | 0.135 ± 0.016 | |||
p < 0.001 | |||||
NBCA (25–35 μl) | 23 | 17 (74%) | 5d | 1/1 | |
p < 0.001 | 14d | 3/5 | 0.026 ± 0.016 | ||
p = 0.091 | p < 0.05 | ||||
Tisseel (g) | 19 | 11 (58%) | 14d | 0/8 | - |
p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | ||||
Collagen type1 (30–40 μl) | 12 | 0 (0%) | 14d | 0/12 | - |
p = 0.562 | p < 0.001 |