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Catecholamines in the spinal cord and cerebro-spinal fluid were measured by a radio-enzymatic assay technique after cisternal kaolin injection in 30 dogs. Nor-adrenaline in the grey matter of the cervical cord and the cerebrospinal fluid showed the highest level (an average of 127.8 ng/g and 856.0 ng/ml) in the first week, while that of the thoracic and thoracolumbar cord showed a gradual rise to an average 175.0 and 210.0 ng/g in the twelfth week. No significant changes were found in dopamine and adrenaline in both the grey and white matter. The noradrenaline increment in the grey matter was more related with degenerative cord lesions in all segments, while most of segments with cavitation showed the low level of noradrenaline.
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Abstract of paper read at the Scientific Meeting of the International Medical Society of Paraplegia, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Bucks., May 1983.
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Ishioka, H., Ikata, T. & Hasegawa, H. Catecholamines in experimental spinal cord lesion associated with spinal arachnoiditis. Spinal Cord 23, 89 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1985.16
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1985.16