Cerebral Oxygen Consumption in the Rat: Pharmacological Stimulation and Suppression, Role of Catecholaminergic Mechanisms

1981 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Hemmingsen ◽  
D.I. Barry
1976 ◽  
Vol 231 (2) ◽  
pp. 489-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
ET MacKenzie ◽  
J McCulloch ◽  
AM Harper

The influence of brain norepinephrine on cerebral metabolism and blood flow was examined because exogenous norepinephrine, administered in a way that the blood-brain barrier is bypassed, has been shown to effect pronounced changes in the cerebral circulation. Reserpine (40 mug/kg, by intracarotid infusion) was administered in order to release brain norepinephrine in five anesthetized baboons. Reserpine significantly increased cerebral oxygen consumption (23%) and cerebral blood flow (50%). This response lasted for approximately 60 min. In a further five animals, effects of central beta-adrenoreceptor blockade were studied. Pro pranolol (12 mug/kg-min) produced an immediate, significant reduction in both cerebral oxygen consumption (40%) and cerebral glucose uptake (39%). Cerebral blood flow was reduced minimally. However, the responsiveness of the cerebral circulation to induced hypercapnia was severely attenuated from a gradient of 3.22 before, to 1,11 after, administration. These experiments suggest that central norepinephrine can influence the cerebral circulation primarily through noradrenergic effects on brain metabolism.


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Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Réml Souron ◽  
Jean-Noël Lelausque ◽  
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Youenn Lajat ◽  
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Vol 291 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Buchweitz ◽  
L. Grandison ◽  
H.R. Weiss

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