Intraventricular infusion of hyperosmolar dextran induces hydrocephalus: a novel animal model of hydrocephalus

Table 1 Ventricular volumes (μL) in animals for the different infusion groups.

	Group I ACSF	Group II FGF2	Group III 10 KD Dextran	Group IV 40 KD Dextran	Group V FGF2 (NS)	Group VI Hypertonic Saline
	17.95	51.52	40.82	38.02	41.40	29.64
	16.43	33.17	43.55	34.60	43.46	37.29
	25.85	43.16	31.18	20.33		34.71
	39.58	34.82	35.74	25.95
	18.39		30.77	38.10
	23.48		41.78	39.00
			96.54	36.67
			24.81	35.53
Mean	23.61	40.67	43.15	33.53	42.43	33.88
Median	20.94	38.99	38.28	36.10	42.43	34.71
SD	8.61	8.45	22.51	6.74	1.46	3.89

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