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Experimental models of congenital hydrocephalus and comparable clinical problems in the fetal and neonatal periods.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8816292     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Morphological and developmental changes of the ventricular system are analyzed in three major experimental models of congenital hydrocephalus in the rat: 6-aminonicotinamide (6-AN)-induced and LEW/Jms and HTX mutant hydrocephalus. The clinically comparable forms of hydrocephalus and problems occurring during each period of intrauterine hydrocephalus are then discussed. Comparative morphological study revealed that 6-AN-induced hydrocephalus was comparable to the Dandy-Walker syndrome and that the critical period regarding this syndrome in fetal life was at the time of "legal termination". The LEW/Jms and HTX mutant models were identical with regard to the form of progressive hydrocephalus in the postnatal period, but the condition underlying the hydrocephalus during the fetal period differed. The LEW/Jms model was comparable to primary congenital aqueductal stenosis (aqueductal agenesis), and the hydrocephalic state appeared in the period of "intrauterine preservation" before pulmonary maturation was completed. On the other hand, the HTX fetuses demonstrated secondary change of the aqueduct in the perinatal period, although the model was considered to be of congenital communicating hydrocephalus. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics studied in the fetuses with 6-AN-induced hydrocephalus disclosed considerable pathophysiology comparable to "hydromyelic hydrocephalus." The historical trends of animal experimental models of congenital hydrocephalus are reviewed and comparable clinical problems suggested by those models discussed further.
Authors:
S Oi; H Yamada; O Sato; S Matsumoto
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery     Volume:  12     ISSN:  0256-7040     ISO Abbreviation:  Childs Nerv Syst     Publication Date:  1996 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-11-19     Completed Date:  1996-11-19     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8503227     Medline TA:  Childs Nerv Syst     Country:  GERMANY    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  292-302     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Tokai University, School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
6-Aminonicotinamide
Animals
Cerebral Aqueduct / abnormalities,  pathology
Cerebral Ventricles / embryology,  pathology
Constriction, Pathologic
Dandy-Walker Syndrome / chemically induced,  embryology*,  genetics,  pathology*
Disease Models, Animal*
Female
Male
Mutation
Rats
Rats, Inbred Lew
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
329-89-5/6-Aminonicotinamide
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Childs Nerv Syst. 1997 Oct;13(10):503-4   [PMID:  9403195 ]

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