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Suckling Mouse Cataract Agent (SMCA)-Induced Hydrocephalus and Chronic Brain Infection in Newborn Rats
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1972
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Pediatric HydrocephalusNeuroinflammationMouse Cataract AgentCerebrospinal FluidBrain InjuryNeurologyNeuroimmunologyChronic Brain InfectionCataractHealth SciencesOphthalmologyBrain-immune InteractionInfectious AgentCerebral Blood FlowNewborn RatsNeurophysiologyNeuroanatomyExperimental OphthalmologyNeuroscienceCentral Nervous SystemMedicineSmca Infection
Suckling mouse cataract agent (SMCA) inoculated intracerebrally in newborn rats results in persistence of infectious agent in the brain over a considerable period of time concomitant with hydrocephalus. The means by which the SMCA infection causes hydrocephalus remains obscure; a functional block in the cerebrospinal fluid pathways is postulated.