EFFECT OF TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA ON MONOAMINE LEVELS IN THE CEREBRAL CORTEX OF GERBILS1,2
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurochemistry
- Vol. 30 (4), 751-757
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.1978.tb10781.x
Abstract
— Cortical monoamine changes during ischemic episodes of varied duration and their sequence of changes following cerebral reperfusion were studied in the gerbil. Forty-one percent of 280 animals exhibited signs of cerebral hemispheric ischemia (stroke) after unilateral common carotid artery occlusion. Norepinephrine (NE) levels decreased after 60 min in the occluded hemisphere of stroked animals but dopamine (DA) levels were unaltered. S-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) levels became bilaterally reduced in both stroked and non-stroked animals as soon as S min after occlusion. Upon reperfusion after periods of 30 or 60 min of occlusion there was a bilateral rebound increase of cortical NE and DA levels to well above control values in stroked and non-stroked animals. 5-HT levels remained reduced in both groups. Results suggest disorder of monoamine metabolism in ischemic brain which persists during the early reperfusion period, perhaps contributing to deficits in neurological function. Monoamine changes in contralateral non-ischemic hemispheres both during the occlusion and reperfusion periods are thought further evidence of diaschisis.This publication has 33 references indexed in Scilit:
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