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EFFECT of SYMPATHETIC DENERVATION ON CHRONIC COLD INJURIES IN RABBIT BRAIN
Author(s) -
West K. A.,
Hassler O.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1976.tb04801.x
Subject(s) - denervation , lesion , sympathetic denervation , medicine , neuroplasticity , angiography , anatomy , anesthesia , pathology , surgery , psychiatry
Sympathetic denervation of the brain vessels was performed uni‐ or bilaterally in 13 adult rabbits, and cortical cold lesions were induced bilaterally 10–18 days afterwards. After a further 4–35 days the vascular and morphological changes in the lesion areas were studied histologically and with angiography. No difference was observed between the denervated and the non‐denervated lesion areas. the results are discussed with regard to a proposed functional plasticity of the chronically denervated brain vessels and/or to possible changes in metabolic demands of the brain tissue.