Indomethacin prevents impaired perfusion of the dogs's brain after global ischemia.
Author(s) -
Thomas W. Furlow,
John M. Hallenbeck
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.9.6.591
Subject(s) - medicine , ischemia , perfusion , vasoconstriction , anesthesia , central nervous system , circulatory system , cerebral blood flow , blood flow , brain ischemia , prostaglandin , cardiology
Compression ischemia of the central nervous system (CNS) in heparinized dogs caused areas of diminished cerebral blood flow measured by 14C-antipyrine autoradiography. Intravenous infusion of indomethacin (1.5 or 4.0 mg/kg) approximately 1 hour before ischemia eliminated the circulatory defects. Prophylactic inhibition of prostaglandin synthetase may promote postischemic perfusion of the CNS by preventing vasoconstriction and by anti-hemostatic effects on blood.
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