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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: Study of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure Measurement in Cats
  name:
    name part: Pratt, Camellia Jane.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Sherry, Clifford J.
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor.
  type of resource: software, multimedia
  genre: Undergraduate thesis
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 1981
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    extent: 1 online resource (31 pages).
  abstract: Hydrocephalus, a serious condition involving accumulation of excess cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain and elevated cerebrospinal fluid pressure, can result from any of a number of factors, especially congenital malformations. Though many forms of treatment have been tried, only shunting is in common use today. However, shunts themselves cause many problems. Cerebrospinal fluid is produced in the choroid plexus and central nervous system ependyma and is absorbed through the arachnoid villi. Acetazolamide (Diamox), a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, and isosorbide, an osmotic diuretic, are expected to diminish cerebrospinal fluid pressure. The proposed experiment involved implanting piezoelectric pressure transducers into cats' ventricles, trying to obtain baseline values, and attempting to quantify the effects of Diamox and isosorbide on cerebrospinal fluid pressure. Unfortunately, it could not be performed because of unforeseeable circumstances beyond the author's control. A detailed discussion of several types of biological pressure transducers and their drawbacks is presented. The Pi system of Lorig, Cheng, and Ko is described and recommended for future experiments of this nature.
  target audience: specialized
  note: Undergraduate thesis written for Program year: 1980-1981
  note: Digitized from print version held at Pickle Center High Density Storage, HDR barcode A14850686800
  note: University Undergraduate Fellows, sponsored by Bioengineering Department.
  note: HDR
  subject:
    topic: Acetazolamide
  subject:
    topic: biological pressure transducers
  subject:
    topic: cerebrospinal fluid pressure
  subject:
    topic: isosorbide
  subject:
    topic: shunting
  identifier: https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/CAPSTONE-PrattC_1981
  record info:
    record creation date: 231116
    record change date: 20240311193112.8
    record identifier: in00004782042