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PubMed1979

[Morphological changes in the central canal of the cat after kaolin injection into the cisterna magna].

40 adult cats were made hydrocephalic by intracisternal injection of 200 mg Kaolin. 34 survived between 24 hours to 4 months. In 19 cases a ventriculostomy was carried out, whereby in 13 animals a contrast filling of the central canal occurred. The contrast medium injected into the ventricles entered the external CSF-space in the lumbo-sacral junction of the filum terminale. Light- and electron-microscopic studies showed adaptive structural changes of the central canal epithelium in the early stages. In later stages massive destructions of ependyma and spinal cord parenchyma were found.

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PubMed1976

Injection of melatonin into cisterna magna increases concentration of 3', 5' cyclic guanosine monophosphate in cerebrospinal fluid.

Rabbits were anesthetized with urethane and were given intracisternal injections of the following substances: adrenocorticotropin, beta-melanocyte stimulating hormone, choroid plexus peptide IIF, epinephrine, serotonin, histamine, oxytocin, lysine and a arginine vasopressins, acetylcholine and melatonin. The effects on the concentration of 3', 5' cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) in cerebrospinal fluid were then measured. Only melatonin and acetylcholine caused a significant (p less than 0.05) effect on cGMP concentration. Both agents increased the nucleotide's concentration within 30 min. Melatonin was about 1,000 times more potent than acetylcholine; the mininal effective doses were 1 mug and 1,000 mug, respectively.

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PubMed1991

Technique for repeated collection of cerebrospinal fluid from cisterna magna of anesthetized strain 13 guinea pigs.

To study biochemical changes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), we developed a reliable technique for repeated collection of CSF in anesthetized strain 13 guinea pigs. The animal's head was mounted in a stereotaxic instrument with ventral tilt at 30 degrees, and cisternal puncture was made with an L-shaped, 23-gauge needle through the shaved skin. Clear CSF was collected in a 1-ml syringe surrounded by crushed ice. Each collection procedure lasted for 3 min, and three consecutive collections produced about 0.2 ml of CSF. Sampling was repeated at 3-hr intervals. With intravenous saline infusion (10 ml/kg.hr), a total volume of 0.6-1.0 ml of CSF was collected over 6 to 12 hr. Animals maintained a mean blood pressure, heart rate, and minute volume, with few changes during CSF sampling for the entire collection.

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PubMed1982

Problems of long-term cannulation of cisterna magna and subarachnoid space in the conscious dog.--Technical note--.

Studies on the influence of substances on the central nervous system and on the function of the blood-CSF-barrier made long-term cannulation of the CSF compartment interesting. This study was to test, whether a permanent CSF-drainage from any point of the subarachnoid space was possible with modified "tissue cages" (Guyton 1963). For that purpose a steel wire cage and a teflon cage were implanted subarachnoidally into beagle dogs. The two cages stopped draining on the second and on the third day respectively. Histological examination showed, that, because of the strong reaction of animal tissue to implanted material, direct cannulation of the CSF compartment does not seem feasible. In the second part the "Manuilov-system" was modified. An indwelling guiding tube was implanted and fixed with a horseshoe shaped plate to the occipital bone. Puncture can be made on the awake dog without local anaesthetic and produces samples of 1.5 to 2.0 ml CSF for up to 30 days without complications.

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