Title: supratentorial herniation
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - supratentorial herniation
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.12105
Status: current

Definition
Abnormal protrusion of brain structures into compartments above the tentorium, or over the edge of the tentorium, due to increased intracranial pressure.

Related Terms
- brain: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11647
- intracranial pressure: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11836
- tentorium: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12126

Source
- PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 908 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)

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- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12105/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12105/xml

Citation: Citation: 'supratentorial herniation' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.12105
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