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. 1989 May;52(5):636–642. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.52.5.636

Study of brain tissue impedance in the hydrocephalic cat.

K Higashi 1, Y Noda 1, S Tachibana 1
PMCID: PMC1032179  PMID: 2732734

Abstract

Impedographic studies were made in cats made hydrocephalic by intracisternal kaolin. Enlargement of the anterior horns preceded that of the body of the lateral ventricles, and there was a selectivity to pressure atrophy among different tissues within the brain. Furthermore, sequential measurement of impedance using chronically implanted electrodes demonstrated a gradual decrease of impedance in the periventricular white matter during the development of hydrocephalus, suggesting an expansion of the extracellular space in the tissue around the ventricular wall.

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