Progressive postnatal dilation of brain ventricles in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Cross-sectional areas of the forebrain ventricles were measured from coronal sections in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) 4, 8, 12, 16, 21 and 56 weeks of age and in age-matched Wistar--Kyoto (WKY) and Sprague--Dawley (SD) normotensive rats. Progressive ventricular dilation and associated attrition of brain tissue was observed in SHRs of both sexes after 4 weeks of age, and was present in animals obtained from two different suppliers. In some SHRs, ventricle size was increased to 270% of control. Hence, it seems likely that some systemic and behavioral signs which are concomitant with hypertension in the SHR may be attributable to hydrocephalus and its neuropathological correlates.
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D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D013045:Species Specificity