[Inflammatory reaction in neurocysticercosis in experimental studies in rabbits]

In order to know if dexamethasone is a satisfactory protector to the inflammatory effect of cysticercosis in the central nervous system and if the rabbit is an useful animal for this experimentation twenty five rabbits were infected in the cisterna magna some with an emulsions of scolex and others with the fluid of the vesicle. The animals were sacrificed after two weeks and the brains were studied by the pathologist. The results indicate that dexamethasone is useful as a protector of the rabbit brain in cases of cysticercosis and that this animal is an adequate tool for this sort of experimental work.