• DOI:10.1212/WNL.56.12.1746
Corpus ID: 1443175

The Monro–Kellie hypothesis

@article{Mokri2001TheMH,
  title={The Monro–Kellie hypothesis},
  author={B. Mokri},
  journal={Neurology},
  year={2001},
  volume={56},
  pages={1746 - 1748}
}

• B. Mokri
• Published 2001
• Medicine
• Neurology

More than two centuries ago, Alexander Monro applied some of the principles of physics to the intracranial contents and for the first time hypothesized that the blood circulating in the cranium was of constant volume at all times. This hypothesis was supported by experiments by Kellie. In its original form, the hypothesis had shortcomings that prompted modification by others. What finally came to be known as the Monro–Kellie doctrine, or hypothesis, is that the sum of volumes of brain, CSF, and… Expand

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