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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-4-15
pubmed:abstractText
In the present study, we attempted to assess the mechanisms underlying the neuroprotective effect of hypervolaemic haemodilution in rat heatstroke. In anaesthetized rats treated with normal saline (NS) immediately after the onset of heatstroke induced by T (a) (ambient temperature) of 42 degrees C for 88 min, followed by T (a) of 24 degrees C for 12 min, the values for MAP (mean arterial pressure), ICP (intracranial pressure), CPP (cerebral perfusion pressure), CBF (cerebral blood blow), brain P O(2) (partial pressure of O(2)) and striatal glutamate, glycerol, lactate/pyruvate ratio, hydroxyl radicals and neuronal damage score were 42+/-3 mmHg, 33+/-3 mmHg, 9+/-3 mmHg, 109+/-20 BPU (blood perfusion units), 6+/-1 mmHg, 51+/-7 micromol/l, 24+/-3 micromol/l, 124+/-32, 694+/-22% of baseline and 2.25+/-0.05 respectively. In animals treated with 10% albumin immediately after the onset of heatstroke ( T (a) of 42 degrees C for 88 min), the values for MAP, ICP, CPP, CBF, brain P O(2) and striatal glutamate, glycerol, lactate/pyruvate ratio, hydroxyl radicals and neuronal damage score were 64+/-6 mmHg, 10+/-2 mmHg, 54+/-5 mmHg, 452+/-75 BPU, 15+/-2 mmHg, 3+/-2 micromol/l, 4+/-2 micromol/l, 7+/-3, 119+/-7% of baseline and 0.38+/-0.05 respectively. Apparently, the heatstroke-induced arterial hypotension, intracranial hypertension, cerebral hypoperfusion, cerebral ischaemia, brain hypoxia, increased levels of striatal glutamate, glycerol, lactate/pyruvate ratio and hydroxyl radicals, and increased striatal neuronal damage score values were all attenuated significantly by the induction of hypervolaemic haemodilution in rats immediately at the onset of heatstroke. These results demonstrate that the neuroprotective effect of hypervolaemic haemodilution is associated with a decrease in the elevation of glutamate, glycerol, lactate and free radicals in brain exposed to experimental heatstroke-induced cerebral ischaemia/hypoxia injury.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0143-5221
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
106
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
501-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of hypervolaemic haemodilution on cerebral glutamate, glycerol, lactate and free radicals in heatstroke rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't