PMID: 3756472Aug 13, 1986Paper

Cerebrovascular changes elicited by electrical stimulation of the centromedian-parafascicular complex in rat

Brain Research
S MraovitchJ Seylaz

Abstract

Electrical stimulation of the centromedian-parafascicular complex (CM-Pf) in anesthetized (chloralose) and paralyzed (tubocurarine) rats elicits a widespread cerebrovascular dilatation. Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured in dissected tissue samples of 10 brain regions (medulla, pons, cerebellum, inferior colliculus, superior colliculus, frontal parietal and occipital cortices, caudate-putamen and corpus callosum) by [14C]iodoantipyrine method. In unstimulated and sham-operated rats rCBF ranged from 40 +/- 3 (ml/100 g/min) in corpus callosum to 86 +/- 6 (ml/100 g/min) in inferior colliculus. During CM-Pf stimulation, rCBF increased significantly (P less than 0.05, analysis of variance and Scheffe's test) in all cerebral regions bilaterally ranging from +118% in parietal cortex to +38% in cerebellum. Although cerebral vasodilation elicited by CM-Pf stimulation persisted after unilateral transection of the cervical sympathetic trunk, the cortical CBF was significantly reduced (P less than 0.05) on the denervated side. Acute adrenalectomy significantly (P less than 0.05) decreased elevated rCBF during CM-Pf stimulation in all cortical regions (frontal-36%, parietal -34%, and occipital -27%) and in caudate nucleus (-37...Continue Reading

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