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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

zentralnervöse Injektion

English translation:

CNS injection

Added to glossary by Susan Welsh
Feb 5, 2020 20:19
4 yrs ago
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German term

zentralnervöse Injektion

German to English Medical Psychology psychopharmacology
This phrase is used repeatedly in my article, but it sounds strange to me to leave out the word "system" ("injection into the central nervous system..."). There are very few google hits for the phrase without "system," and most are from non-English-speaking countries.
Is this OK in German but not in English? Is it OK in English, unbeknownst to me?

Thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 CNS injection (specifically, intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection)
4 central nervous system injection
4 central injection
3 intraventricular injection
3 cerebrospinal injection

Discussion

Susan Welsh (asker) Feb 6, 2020:
Where do they inject this stuff? I find "intrathecal injection", which goes into the cerebrospinal fluid, similar to Cilian's proposal. But really, I have no idea where they inject the oxytocin. I was hoping there would be a doctor in our ranks who would know. I hesitate to close the question without a better understanding of the procedure.
Steffen Walter Feb 6, 2020:
Thank you That's no typo, then.
Susan Welsh (asker) Feb 6, 2020:
addendum 2 They're injecting oxytocin. More quotes:
Pionierstudien zeigten, dass die zentralnervöse Injektion synthetischen Oxytocins, das unter natürlichen Bedingungen während Schwangerschaft, Geburt und Stillzeit ausgeschüttet wird....

So reduzierte die zentralnervöse Injektion eines Oxytocinantagonisten soziales Explorationsverhalten bei Ratten, wohingegen durch Stress ausgelöstes soziales Vermeidungsverhalten durch zentralnervöse Oxytocininjektion vermindert wurde....

Andererseits werden psychische Prozesse zentralnervös gesteuert, wobei periphere Oxytocinkonzentrationen nur unter spezifischen Bedingungen, etwa nach akutem Stress oder intranasaler Administration, tatsächlich die zentralnervöse Verfügbarkeit von Oxytocin widerspiegeln....
philgoddard Feb 6, 2020:
Steffen I don't think they'd make the same typo multiple times.
I agree that it would be useful to see a couple of examples, but "injection into the central nervous system" seems fine to me.
Steffen Walter Feb 5, 2020:
What ... ... is being injected here? This may be a very long shot since you indicate psychopharmacology as the relevant subfield, but my first thought when reading your term was "zentralvenöse Injektion" (central venous injection). It would be helpful to read the complete German sentence.
Susan Welsh (asker) Feb 5, 2020:
addendum The article also uses the phrase "werden psychische Prozesse zentralnervös gesteuert," which sounds equally strange to me in English -- "central nervously controlled"?? I would say "controlled by the central nervous SYSTEM."

Proposed translations

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CNS injection (specifically, intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection)

As far as I know, it's ICV, but this is almost an overtranslation. Your text says only "CNS injection".
Note from asker:
I forgot to add: Thanks to everyone!
Peer comment(s):
agree cloudhunter (X) : This is correct. OT is injected intracerebroventricularly.
3 days 18 hrs
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I am selecting this because one physician and one medical translator think it's right. Of course it's more or less the same as what several others suggested (specifically Cillie Swart), but without "agrees" from others or this level of professional experience. The editor of the journal for which I am translating thought "central nervous injection" was fine, but I'm not convinced."
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intraventricular injection

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Maybe that's what it is. Apparently that's often done in the context of experiments with rats and mice...

"Als das Zentralnervensystem, kurz ZNS, des Menschen bezeichnet man die im Gehirn und Rückenmark gelegenen Nervenstrukturen, welche die zentrale Reizverarbeitung, d.h. die Integration und Koordination der aus der Peripherie einlaufenden sensorischen Reize vornehmen."
https://flexikon.doccheck.com/de/Zentrales_Nervensystem
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central nervous system injection

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This makes most sense to me.
Reference:

https://www.linguee.com/english-german/search?source=auto&query=zentralnerv%C3%B6se+Injektion

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cerebrospinal injection

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Does that not do the trick?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_nervous_system
The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

M.-W.:
cerebrospinal
: of or relating to the brain and spinal cord or to these together with the cranial and spinal nerves that innervate voluntary muscles


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Note added at 1 day 1 hr (2020-02-06 22:14:59 GMT)
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On first occurrence, maybe spell it out, i.e. administration/injection to cerebrospinal fluid. After that, cerebrospinal injection may suffice. Unless too specific/restrictive.
Reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_nervous_system

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central injection

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central vs peripheral injection of oxytocin



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Note added at 10 hrs (2020-02-06 06:30:59 GMT)
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Lots of google hits for “central injection of oxytocin”.

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...the present study demonstrates that central injection of oxytocin in male rats and mice in doses (1mg/ml, 2mg/ml and 4mg/ml) enhance exploration and improves social interaction,...
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228771897_Possible_...



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No harm in using “central nervous system injection”, but in the context, “central nervous system” is understood.

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No harm in using “central nervous system injection”, but in the context, “nervous system” is understood.


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Reference

Oxytocin: Crossing the Bridge between Basic Science and Pharmacotherapy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2972642/

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“The central actions of oxytocin are mediated via oxytocin receptors (OTRs) distributed widely in the brain in a remarkably species‐specific fashion.”

“ Another study employed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to detect the locations of oxytocin‐responding brain regions ...
In this report the authors tried to visualize oxytocin‐responding regions following the central injection of oxytocin into lactating rats (compared with noninjected control animals).“

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2972642/
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