A visual description of the dissection of the cerebral surface vasculature and associated meninges and the choroid plexus from rat brain.

ABSTRACT: This video presentation was created to show a method of harvesting the two most important highly vascular structures, not residing within the brain proper, that support forebrain function. They are the cerebral surface (superficial) vasculature along with associated meninges (MAV) and the choroid plexus which are necessary for cerebral blood flow and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) homeostasis. The tissue harvested is suitable for biochemical and physiological analysis, and the MAV has been shown to be sensitive to damage produced by amphetamine and hyperthermia. As well, the major and minor cerebral vasculatures harvested in MAV are of potentially high interest when investigating concussive types of head trauma. The MAV dissected in this presentation consists of the pial and some of the arachno

SUBMITTER: Bowyer JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3523424 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature