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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 280: R1573-R1581, 2001;
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Vol. 280, Issue 5, R1573-R1581, May 2001

Intracranial pressure accommodation is impaired by blocking pathways leading to extracranial lymphatics

R. Mollanji1, R. Bozanovic-Sosic1, I. Silver, B. Li1, C. Kim1, R. Midha2, and M. Johnston1

1 Trauma Research Program, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and 2 Division of Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada

Tracer studies indicate that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) transport can occur through the cribriform plate into the nasal submucosa, where it is absorbed by cervical lymphatics. We tested the hypothesis that sealing the cribriform plate extracranially would impair the ability of the CSF pressure-regulating systems to compensate for volume infusions. Sheep were challenged with constant flow or constant pressure infusions of artificial CSF into the CSF compartment before and after the nasal mucosal side of the cribriform plate was sealed. With both infusion protocols, the intracranial pressure (ICP) vs. flow rate relationships were shifted significantly to the left when the cribriform plate was blocked. This indicated that obstruction of the cribriform plate reduced CSF clearance. Sham surgical procedures had no significant effects. Estimates of the proportional flow through cribriform and noncribriform routes suggested that cranial CSF absorption occurred primarily through the cribriform plate at low ICPs. Additional drainage sites (arachnoid villi or other lymphatic pathways) appeared to be recruited only when intracranial pressures were elevated. These data challenge the conventional view that CSF is absorbed principally via arachnoid villi and provide further support for the existence of several anatomically distinct cranial CSF transport pathways.

cerebrospinal fluid; lymphatic vessels; arachnoid villi; cerebrospinal fluid pressure; cerebrospinal fluid outflow resistance; cribriform plate; hydrocephalus


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