1972
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1972.tb09783.x
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The Effect of Severe Hydrocephalus on Size and Number of Brain Cells

Abstract: SUMMARY Histological and biochemical studies were made of the brains of 13 hydrocephalic adult cats and 7 control animals in order to establish whether there is any significant variation in the size or number of brain cells as a result of hydrocephalus and whether such variation could be a factor limiting repair of cerebral damage. The results suggest that cerebral white matter is primarily affected by hydrocephalus, and that the ventricles can expand without significant cellular loss. It is concluded that the… Show more

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“…It is striking that despite massive hydrocephalus in the animal model and in the human neonate, there is often very rapid restoration of normal ventricular volume and grossly normal cortical mantle after shunting. These observations, together with earlier biochemical data on cell number and size in these hydrocephalic cats, suggest that the widening of the cortical mantle results from cytoarchitectural reorganization (Rubin et al 1972). All animals were shunted within 21 days of the induction of hydrocephalus.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 60%
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“…It is striking that despite massive hydrocephalus in the animal model and in the human neonate, there is often very rapid restoration of normal ventricular volume and grossly normal cortical mantle after shunting. These observations, together with earlier biochemical data on cell number and size in these hydrocephalic cats, suggest that the widening of the cortical mantle results from cytoarchitectural reorganization (Rubin et al 1972). All animals were shunted within 21 days of the induction of hydrocephalus.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 60%
“…These observations, together with earlier biochemical data on cell number and size in these hydrocephalic cats, suggest that the widening of the cortical mantle results from cytoarchitectural reorganization (Rubin et al 1972). These observations, together with earlier biochemical data on cell number and size in these hydrocephalic cats, suggest that the widening of the cortical mantle results from cytoarchitectural reorganization (Rubin et al 1972).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 53%
“…In addition, severity of the microstructural changes increased with ventricle size in both regions. The microstructural rearrangement is suspected to protect the cortical gray matter from injury when compressed [ 71 , 72 ]. In fact, this cellular rearrangement may be important to allow geometry of the cortical gray matter to be restored after shunt treatment if the tissue is not degenerated [ 73 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although the true incidence is unknown, the peak age incidence was below 10 years, male are more common than female in a study done by Rubin and Milhorat. 21,22 In a study by Alkhafaji et al, 23 male to female ratio was 1.14:1. This is in accordance to the present study.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 91%