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Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2010 7(Suppl 1):S52
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Manic episode after treatment with ventriculoperitoneal shunting due to obstructive hydrocephalus with corpus callosal signal changes: a case report
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Alterations in choroid plexus gene expression in Alzheimer’s disease provide inferences for CSF composition and dynamics
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The development of an antimicrobial EVD catheter to protect against multi-resistant hospital “superbugs”
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The use of ASET (Anti Staph Epidermidis Titre) in the diagnosis of ventriculo-atrial shunt infection
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Complications and management of ventriculoatrial (VA) shunts, a case report
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Are adjustable valves effective in all ages of patient? Data from the UK Shunt Registry
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Comparison of mild and severe forms of hydrocephalus using diffusion tensor imaging in neonatal rats
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HASTE MRI in the assessment of children with hydrocephalus
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Prenatal cerebrospinal fluid modulate differentiation and proliferation of rat pheochoromocytoma PC12 cells
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ECRG-4 expression in normal and neoplastic choroid plexus
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Secondary conditions in adolescents and young adults (AYA) with spina bifida (SB) in Four US Programs
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Multiple surgeries in paediatric patients with myelomeningocele. Can we define quantitative and qualitative evolution patterns according to the level of spinal lesion?
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Iatrogenic complications following shunting the subarachnoid space in infancy
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Evaluation of prenatal diagnosis of isolated ventriculomegaly
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Management of neurogenic bladder in myelodysplasia patients: experience at our center
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Spinal dysraphism associated with OEIS complex: aspects of diagnosis and treatment
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Biochemistry and genetics of folate metabolism
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Experimental Hydrocephalus Pre-meeting 7th July 2010, Ike Barber Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Hydrocephalus induces dynamic spatiotemporal regulation of aquaporin-4 expression in the rat brain
The water channel protein aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is reported to be of possible major importance for accessory cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) circulation pathways. We hypothesized that changes in AQP4 expression in spec...
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Diffusion tensor imaging correlates with cytopathology in a rat model of neonatal hydrocephalus
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a non-invasive MRI technique that has been used to quantify CNS abnormalities in various pathologic conditions. This study was designed to quantify the anisotropic diffusion p...
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Diagnosis of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus is supported by MRI-based scheme: a prospective cohort study
Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is a treatable neurological syndrome in the elderly. Although the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of tight high-convexity and medial subarachnoid space...
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Congenital myelomeningocele - do we have to change our management?
Eagerly awaiting the results of the Management of Myelomeningocele Study (MOMS) and with an increasing interest in setting up intrauterine myelomeningocele repair (IUMR), the optimal management of patients suf...
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Development of the lateral ventricular choroid plexus in a marsupial, Monodelphis domestica
Choroid plexus epithelial cells are the site of blood/cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier and regulate molecular transfer between the two compartments. Their mitotic activity in the adult is low. During developm...
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Aquaporins: relevance to cerebrospinal fluid physiology and therapeutic potential in hydrocephalus
The discovery of a family of membrane water channel proteins called aquaporins, and the finding that aquaporin 1 was located in the choroid plexus, has prompted interest in the role of aquaporins in cerebrospi...
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Choroid plexus failure in the Kearns-Sayre syndrome
The Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a mitochondrial disorder (generally due to mitochondrial DNA deletions) that causes ophthalmoplegia, retinopathy, ataxia and brain abnormalities such as leukoencephalopathy. In thi...
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Co-localization and regulation of basic fibroblast growth factor and arginine vasopressin in neuroendocrine cells of the rat and human brain
Adult rat hypothalamo-pituitary axis and choroid plexus are rich in basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF2) which likely has a role in fluid homeostasis. Towards this end, we characterized the distribution and m...
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Detection of viral antigen, IgM and IgG antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid of Chikungunya patients with neurological complications
During Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) epidemic in Nagpur, India, we identified some suspected Chikungunya patients with neurological complications. Early and cost-effective diagnosis of these patients remains probl...
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Characterization of immortalized choroid plexus epithelial cell lines for studies of transport processes across the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier
Two rodent choroid plexus (CP) epithelial cell lines, Z310 and TR-CSFB, were compared with primary rat CP epithelial cells and intact CP tissue with respect to transport protein expression, function and tight ...
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Effects of cerebrovascular disease on amyloid precursor protein metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cerebrovascular disease (CVD) including chronic small vessel disease of the brain (SVD) are the most frequent causes of dementia. AD is associated with metabolism of amyloid precur...
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The function and structure of the cerebrospinal fluid outflow system
This review traces the development of our understanding of the anatomy and physiological properties of the two systems responsible for the drainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) into the systemic circulation. T...
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Arachnoid cysts do not contain cerebrospinal fluid: A comparative chemical analysis of arachnoid cyst fluid and cerebrospinal fluid in adults
Arachnoid cyst (AC) fluid has not previously been compared with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the same patient. ACs are commonly referred to as containing "CSF-like fluid". The objective of this study was to ...
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Minocycline inhibits glial proliferation in the H-Tx rat model of congenital hydrocephalus
Reactive astrocytosis and microgliosis are important features of the pathophysiology of hydrocephalus, and persistent glial "scars" that form could exacerbate neuroinflammation, impair cerebral perfusion, impe...
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Microarray-based gene expression profiling and DNA copy number variation analysis of temporal fossa arachnoid cysts
Intracranial arachnoid cysts (AC) are membranous sacs filled with CSF-like fluid that are commonly found in the temporal fossa. The majority of ACs are congenital. Typical symptoms are headache, dizziness, and...
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Cerebrospinal fluid pulse pressure amplitude during lumbar infusion in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus can predict response to shunting
We have previously seen that idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) patients having elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) pulse amplitude consistently respond to shunt surgery. In this study we explore...
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Elevated CSF outflow resistance associated with impaired lymphatic CSF absorption in a rat model of kaolin-induced communicating hydrocephalus
We recently reported a lymphatic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) absorption deficit in a kaolin model of communicating hydrocephalus in rats with ventricular expansion correlating negatively with the magnitude of th...
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Cerebrospinal fluid sodium rhythms
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sodium levels have been reported to rise during episodic migraine. Since migraine frequently starts in early morning or late afternoon, we hypothesized that natural sodium chronobiolo...
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Expression and functional activity of nucleoside transporters in human choroid plexus
Human equilibrative nucleoside transporters (hENTs) 1-3 and human concentrative nucleoside transporters (hCNTs) 1-3 in the human choroid plexus (hCP) play a role in the homeostasis of adenosine and other natur...
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The regulation of brain states by neuroactive substances distributed via the cerebrospinal fluid; a review
The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) system provides nutrients to and removes waste products from the brain. Recent findings suggest, however, that in addition, the CSF contains message molecules in the form of activ...
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The influence of coughing on cerebrospinal fluid pressure in an in vitro syringomyelia model with spinal subarachnoid space stenosis
The influence of coughing, on the biomechanical environment in the spinal subarachnoid space (SAS) in the presence of a cerebrospinal fluid flow stenosis, is thought to be an important etiological factor in cr...
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Intraventricular infusion of hyperosmolar dextran induces hydrocephalus: a novel animal model of hydrocephalus
Popular circulation theory of hydrocephalus assumes that the brain is impermeable to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and is therefore incapable of absorbing the CSF accumulating within the ventricles. However, the ...
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Long-term management of children with spina bifida: commentary on the nurses break-out session, June 26th
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A single-unit survey of bowel washout practice in children with neuropathic bowel
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Changing needs for children and adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus in Northern Ireland
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Implantation failures and suboptimal positions of gravitational valves - with massive impact on shunt dysfunction
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Periventricular destabilization and ventriculomegaly in aging rats: implications for reduced neurogenesis and cognition
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In hydrocephalus, do protein alterations correlate with gene expression?
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Global neuroinflammation patterns in experimental neonatal hydrocephalus
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Measurement of capillary pulsations in the rat neocortex with two-photon laser scanning confocal microscopy
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Neural tube defects in 21st century: is Northern Ireland changing?
Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S2