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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 2014
In a previous work on oral contraceptives and tranquillizers the author had postulated an expansion of the cerebrospinal fluid at the time of the vasopressin inhibition.
In the present work he has now examined, by means of echoencephalography, the reaction of the third ventricle and intraocular pressure after alcohol ingestion. Ten consanguineous subjects were studied.
The results show an increase in diameter of the third ventricle and a decrease of the intraocular pressure as a result of alcohol ingestion. Both these signs indicate a decrease of the cerebrospinal fluid pressure. This decrease, in its turn, shows the rise of the nervous excitability. The author suggests that the third ventricle may act as a resounding cavity capable to modulate the mesencephalic reticular-formation activity and the diffuse thalamic system by means of the electric gradient potential and its pulsation.