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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-17
pubmed:abstractText
To evaluate the effects of aging on vasoreactivity of pial arterioles to adenosine and barium chloride, an hydraulically intact cranial window preparation was developed in the rat. The microvasculature of anesthetized 3- and 24-month-old Fischer-344 rats was studied during superfusion with artificial cerebrospinal fluid with and without test agents and results determined by videomicroscopy techniques. In both cohorts, the response of pial arterioles to adenosine was both dose and vessel size dependent: arteriolar dilation increased with increasing concentrations of adenosine and at any given concentration the percent increase in diameter was greater in the smaller vessels. During adenosine superfusion the absolute changes and percent increase in vessel caliber were greater in the young rats. Arteriolar vasoconstriction due to barium chloride was vessel size dependent but there were no significant differences in response between young and aged rats. The results indicated an attenuated cerebrovascular response in aged rats to adenosine, but not to barium chloride. This may be due to a difference in the mode of action in these two compounds. Venules did not respond to adenosine at any concentration.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0047-6374
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
257-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Age related alterations in the response of the pial arterioles to adenosine in the rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't