EMBRYONIC BRAIN ENLARGEMENT REQUIRES CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID PRESSURE
EMBRYONIC BRAIN ENLARGEMENT REQUIRES CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID PRESSURE
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DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(77)90364-5
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
JACOBSON, AG
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作者:
DESMOND, ME;JACOBSON, AG
The brain of the chick embryo began to enlarge abruptly on the 2nd day of incubation. Shortly thereafter, major flexures and torsions of the brain occurred, and many bulges and furrows appeared. The onset of enlargement coincided with closure of the spinal canal which makes the neural tube a closed compartment filled with CSF. CSF pressure was a necessary driving force for normal brain enlargement. This hypothesis was tested by intubating brains of chick embryos and comparing brain cavity and tissue volumes in normal and intubated embryos. The increased in cavity volume was greatly reduced, whereas brain tissue continued to grow at a reduced rate and folds into the ventricles.