PMID: 9634673Jun 23, 1998Paper

Autonomic and metabolic sequelae of global and focal cerebral ischemia in an experimental model

Revista de neurologia
J TatayF Carceller

Abstract

During the last decades the influence of cerebrovascular disease on heart and autonomic nervous system has been studied in numerous reports. Autonomic and metabolic changes have been described during brain ischemia. We studied some parameters and its modifications during global (GBI) and focal brain ischemia (FBI). Ten Wistar rats were subjected to global ischemia and eleven to focal brain ischemia, during 20 and 90 minutes followed in both cases by reperfusion. Mean blood pressure, heart rate and glycaemia before, during and after brain ischemia were registered. pH, pO2 and pCO2 were maintained within normal range using endovenous tamponed solutions. During GBI the blood pressure rose and returned to normal in the reperfusion period. Heart rate decreased in both stroke models and hyperglycaemia was present from the beginning in two groups. GBI and FBI bring about autonomic changes as increased mean blood pressure (only in GBI) and decreased heart rate; probably these might be explained by an autonomic nervous system disorder or by intracranial hypertension. Hyperglycaemia could be related to cathecholamines secretion. These effects might influence in the pathophysiology of brain ischemia.

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