The Significance of Meningeal Permeability
Authors: S. Katzenelbogen
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 March 1932The Significance of Meningeal PermeabilityS. KATZENELBOGEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.S. KATZENELBOGEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-9-1168 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBy "meningeal permeability" one designates the function regulating the exchanges between the general circulation and the cerebrospinal fluid. In recent literature this function is commonly described under the term "hematoencephalic barrier" or "barrier" between blood and fluid1. This new terminology appears to be the more appropriate one, for, according to the prevailing, if not unanimous opinion, not only the meninges, but also various other structures of the cerebrospinal system and particularly the choroid plexus, take part in the function which has been inadequately ascribed to the meninges exclusively.2The subject of this communication offers a wide range of topics which...References1 STERNGAUTIER LR: Les rapports entre le liquide céphalorachidien et la circulation sanguine, Arch. Internat. de Physiol., 1921, xvii, 138-192. Google Scholar2 KATZENELBOGEN S: The physio-pathological significance of the meningeal permeability, Am. Jr. Psychiat., 1930, x, 235-244. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 KATZENELBOGEN S: Experimental study on the sugar in blood and cerebrospinal fluid, Jr. Pharmacol. and Exper. Therap., 1929, xxxvi, 231-234. Google Scholar4 KATZENELBOGENSTOÏLOFF SM: La valeur séméiologique de la glycorachie. Étude critique, Ann. de méd., 1927, xxii, 460-472. Google Scholar5 KATZENELBOGENSTOÏLOFF SM: Le rapport entre la glycémie et la glycorachie; sa valeur séméiologique, Ann. de méd., 1928, xxiii, 160-165. Google Scholar6 MESTREZAT W: Le liquide céphalo-rachidien normal et pathologique, valeur clinique de l'examen chimique, 1912, A. Maloine, Paris. Google Scholar7 KATZENELBOGEN S: De l'augmentation de la perméabilite méningée aux nitrates dans la méningite aseptique provoquée, Schweiz. med. Wchnschr., 1924, xxxvii, 833-834. Google Scholar8 ROCHKATZENELBOGEN MS: Traitement des formes évolutives chroniques de l'encéphalite épidémique, par les injections intra-rachidiennes de caséine, Schweiz. med. Wchnschr., 1924, v, 834-838. Google Scholar9 KATZENELBOGENGOLDSMITH SHSee bibliography in: : The hemato-encephalic barrier. The diagnostic value of the bromide test in mental diseases, Am. Jr. Psychiat., 1931, x (old series, lxxxvii), 1045-1055. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10 LIPPMANN H: Zur endolumbalen Behandlung der lanzinierenden Schmerzen bei Tabes und spastischer Zustände an den unteren Extremitäten mit Bromnatrium, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1923, xlix, 245-246. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11 CARROLL RS: Aseptic meningitis in combating the dementia precox problem, New York Med. Jr. and Med. Rec., 1923, cxviii, 407-411. Google Scholar12 KATZENELBOGEN S: La symptomatologie de la méningite thérapeutique, Rev. med. de la Suisse Rom., 1928, xlviii, 967-975. Google Scholar13 KATZENELBOGENROGOVINEMONEDJIKOVA SSVSee bibliography in: : The relation between the Wassermann reactions in the blood and in the cerebrospinal fluid; contribution to the question of origin of antibodies, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1929, xxi, 376-380. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14 STERN L: Les dernières recherches concernant le fonctionnement de la barrière hémato-encéphalique, Schweiz. med. Wchnschr., 1929, lix, 935-940. Google Scholar15 STÖRRING E: Beiträge zum Permeabilitätsproblem, Arch. f. Psychiat., 1929, lxxxvi, 567-575. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Md.*Presented at the Fifteenth Annual Clinical Session of The American College of Physicians, March 27th, 1931, Baltimore, Md.†From the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic (Department of Internal Medicine), Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 March 1932Volume 5, Issue 9Page: 1168-1174KeywordsBloodCerebrospinal fluidHospital medicineMeninges Issue Published: 1 March 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...