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When the volume of the intracranial content increases compensatory mechanisms impede the rapid rise in intracranial pressure (ICP). The volume of intracranial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), of the blood filling the cerebral vessels and of the water content of the brain are part of these compensating mechanisms. Investigations (1) have proven that the spinal dural sack may represent a reservoir for the cerebrospinal fluid and that it enlarges with increases in volume of the intracranial content.
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Pásztor, E., Pásztor, A., Bodó, M., Bogsch, S. (1975). The Role of Spinal Subarachnoid Spaces in Compensation of Intracranial Hypertension. In: Lundberg, N., Pontén, U., Brock, M. (eds) Intracranial Pressure II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66086-3_17
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