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Mulligan technique.
We noticed that these rodents have a large brain that occupies the entire cranial
cavity, with a dorsoventrally compressed pyramidal form. The occipital lobes are
large and the two major sulci, interhemispheric and transverse, could be identified
easily, as well as the rhombencephalic isthmus. Brain / cerebellum relationship was
determined.
The discrete cortex is classified as a progressive gyrencephalic type, because of
the incipient circumvolutions, which correspond to the marginal gyrus, the lateral
gyrus and C shaped central gyrus. Large cerebral arteries run upon them,
demonstrated by a creative filling technique, maybe commented in a forthcoming
communication.
The width of the cerebellum represents a third in relation to the brain. The olfactory
bulbs are elongated and their peduncles becomes thin and clear medial and lateral
olfactory striations. They enclose an olfactory trigone, which is followed by a
prominent pyriform lobe.
Removing the cerebellum, the rhomboid fossa can be noticed, with the median
sulcus and the olives. The quadrigeminal plate fingers the small epiphysis, of 1.3
mm. The thickness of the cortex is constant. Cranial nerves and ventricular
recesses were described.
Key words: morphology ? brain ? Chinchilla ? peculiarities.
2Ctedras de Anatoma Veterinaria I y II, 1Laboratorio de Histologa.
3Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias ? Universidad Nacional del Litoral.
3Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional del Litoral ? R.P. Kreder
2805 ? 3080 Esperanza, Pcia. Santa Fe. Argentina.
mcgferraro@yahoo.com.ar, candreot@fcv.unl.edu.ar, marialthaus@hotmail.com,
barberismatias@gmail.com, egodoy@fcv.unl.edu.ar
Introduccin.
En el marco de un proyecto cuya finalidad es la de realizar una descripcin
macroscpica del sistema nervioso y cardiovascular de Chinchilla langera,
realizamos en esta etapa, los primeros informes relativos a las particularidades ms
sobresalientes del encfalo.
Para ello fueron analizados ejemplares adultos de diferentes sexos, sealando las
caractersticas neuromorfolgicas mas notorias.
En la realizacin de este estudio se emplearon 8 encfalos de chinchilla adultas,
provenientes de un criadero de la localidad de Nelson, de la Provincia de Santa Fe,
Argentina.
Los especmenes facilitados para este ensayo fueron catalogados como animales
de descarte por presentar problemas dermatolgicos y/o reproductivos, motivo por
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Figura N 3: vista anterior del encfalo. Ntense los vasos cerebrales teidos con
la suspensin inyectada que no se decolora
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Figura N 5: vista lateral del Mesencfalo y parte del Prosencfalo. Se destaca por
delante de los colculos, la epfisis.
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Fotografa N 10: Corte coronal sin coloracin a la altura del cuerpo calloso.
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Fotografa N 11: vista basal con la distribucion vascular: circulo arterioso, arterias
cerebral media, del cuerpo calloso, basilar, ramos intercarotideos.
Fotografa N 12: vista basal con la distribucion vascular: circulo arterioso, arterias
cerebral media, del cuerpo calloso, basilar, ramos intercarotideos.
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