Traumatic brain injury does not alter cerebral artery contractility

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 3 41-3, 1997, Pages

  Bukoski, Richard D ^a,b   Wang, Shi Nan ^a   Bian, Ka ^a   DeWitt, Douglas S ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

brain trauma; endothelium; serotonin; vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 16944367507     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.3.h1406     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Armstead, W. M., and C. D. Kurth. Different cerebral hemodynamic responses following fluid percussion brain injury in the newborn and juvenile pig. J. Neurotrauma 11: 487-497, 1994.
2. Bill, A., and J. Linder. Sympathetic control of cerebral blood flow in conscious rabbits - a microsphere study. Acta Physiol. Scand. 96: 114-121, 1976.
3. Bouma, G. J., J. P. Muizelaar, W. A. Stringer, S. C. Choi, P. Fatouros, and H. F. Young. Ultra-early evaluation of regional cerebral blood flow in severely head-injured patients using xenon-enhanced computerized tomography. J. Neurosurg. 77: 360-368, 1992.
4. Branston, N. M. Neurogenic control of the cerebral circulation. Cerebrovasc. Brain Metab. Rev. 7: 339-349, 1995.
5. Bukoski, R. D., D. W. Wagman, and D. Wang. Injection of 1,25 vitamin D enhances resistance artery contractile properties. Hypertension 16: 523-531, 1990.
6. Busija, D. W. Cerebral autoregulation. In: The Regulation of the Cerebral Circulation, edited by J. W. Phillis. Boca Raton, FL: CRC, 1993, p. 46-61.
7. Busija, D. W., D. D. Heistad, and M. L. Marcus. Effects of sympathetic nerves on cerebral vessels during acute, moderate increases in arterial pressure in dogs and cats. Circ. Res. 46: 696-702, 1980.
8. Chesnut, R. M., L. F. Marshall, M. R. Klauber, B. A. Blunt, N. Baldwin, H. M. Eisenberg, J. A. Jane, A. Marmarou, and M. A. Foulkes. The role of secondary brain injury in determining outcome from severe head injury. J. Trauma 1993; 34: 216-222.
9. DeWitt, D. S., L. W. Jenkins, E. P. Wei, H. Lutz, D. P. Becker, and H. A. Kontos. Effects of fluid percussion brain injury on regional cerebral blood flow and pial vessel diameter. J. Neurosurg. 64: 787-794, 1986.
10. 2 and thromboxane B2 levels in rats. J. Neurotrauma 5: 303-313, 1988.
11. DeWitt, D. S., D. S. Prough, C. L. Taylor, and J. M. Whitley. Regional cerebrovascular responses to progressive hypotension after traumatic brain injury in cats. Am. J. Physiol. 263 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 32): H1276-H1284, 1992.
12. DeWitt, D. S., D. S. Prough, C. L. Taylor, and J. M. Whitley. Reduced cerebral blood flow, oxygen delivery, and electroencephalographic activity after traumatic brain injury and mild hemorrhage in cats. J. Neurosurg. 76: 812-821, 1992.
13. Dietrich, W. D., O. Alonso, and M. Halley. Early microvascular and neuronal consequences of traumatic brain injury: a light and electron microscopic study in rats. J. Neurotrauma 11: 289-301, 1994.
14. Dixon, C. E., B. G. Lyeth, M. L. Giebel, R. J. Hamm, J. P. Povlishock, D. P. Becker, and R. L. Hayes. A fluid percussion model of experimental brain injury in the rat. J. Neurosurg. 67: 110-119, 1987.
15. Ellis, E. F., L. Y. Dodson, and R. J. Police. Restoration of cerebrovascular responsiveness to hyperventilation by the oxygen radical scavenger N-acetylcysteine following experimental traumatic brain injury. J. Neurosurg. 75: 774-779, 1991.
16. Ellis, E. F., R. J. Police, L. Y. Rice, M. Grabeel, and S. Holt. Increased plasma PGE2, 6-keto-PGP1α, and 12-HETE levels following experimental concussive brain injury. J. Neurotrauma 6: 31-41, 1989.
17. Ellison, M. D., D. E. Erb, H. A. Kontos, and J. T. Povlishock. Recovery of impaired endothelium-dependent relaxation during fluid-percussion brain injury. Stroke 20: 911-917, 1989.
18. Harrison, C. L., and M. Dijkers. Traumatic brain injury registers in the United States: an overview. Brain Inj. 6: 203-212, 1992.
19. Kontos, H. A., and E. P. Wei. Endothelium-dependent responses after experimental brain injury. J. Neurotrauma 9: 349-354, 1992.
20. Lewelt, W., L. W. Jenkins, and J. D. Miller. Autoregulation of cerebral blood flow after experimental flow percussion injury on the brain. J. Neurosurg. 53: 500-511, 1980.
21. Lewelt, W., L. W. Jenkins, and J. D. Miller. Effects of experimental fluid-percussion injury of the brain on cerebrovascular reactivity to hypoxia and to hypercapnia. J. Neurosurg. 56: 332-338, 1982.
22. Li, J., and R. D. Bukoski. Altered endothelium-dependent relaxation of resistance arteries of hypertensive and normotensive rats is a function of the contractile agonist. Circ. Res. 72: 290-296, 1993.
23. Luerssen, T. G., M. R. Lauber, and L. F. Marshall. Outcome from head injury related to patient's age. A longitudinal prospective study of adult and pediatric head injury. J. Neurosurg. 68: 409-416, 1988.
24. Lyeth, B. G., and R. L. Hayes. Cholinergic and opioid mediation of traumatic brain injury. J. Neurotrauma 9: S463-S474, 1992.
25. McIntosh, T. K. Neurochemical sequelae of traumatic brain injury: therapeutic implications. Cerebrovasc. Brain Metab. Rev. 6: 109-162, 1994.
26. McIntosh, T. K., R. L. Hayes, D. S. DeWitt, V. Agura, and A. L. Faden. Endogenous opioids may mediate secondary damage after experimental brain injury. Am. J. Physiol. 253 (Endocrinol. Metab. 16): E565-E574, 1987.
27. McIntosh, T. K., R. Vink, L. Noble, I. Yamakami, H. Soares, and A. L. Faden. Traumatic brain injury in the rat: characterization of a lateral fluid-percussion model. Neuroscience 28: 233-244, 1989.
28. Martin, N. A., C. Doberstein, C. Zane, M. J. Caron, K. Thomas, and D. P. Becker. Posttraumatic cerebral arterial spasm: transcranial Doppler ultrasound, cerebral blood flow, and angiographic findings. J. Neurosurg. 77: 575-583, 1992.
29. Meininger, G. A., and M. J. Davis. Cellular mechanisms involved in the vascular myogenic response. Am. J. Physiol. 263 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 32): H647-H659, 1992.
30. Muir, J. K., M. Boerschel, and E. F. Ellis. Continuous monitoring of posttraumatic cerebral blood flow using laser-Doppler flowmetry. J. Neurotrauma 9: 355-362, 1992.
31. Povlishock, J. T., D. P. Becker, H. G. Sullivan, and J. D. Miller. Vascular permeability alteration to horseradish peroxidase in experimental brain injury. Brain Res. 153: 223-239, 1978.
32. Schmidt, R. H., and M. S. Grady. Regional patterns of blood-brain barrier breakdown following central and lateral fluid percussion injury in rodents. J. Neurotrauma 10: 415-430, 1993.
33. Todd, M. M., C. Tommasino, and S. Moore. Cerebral effects of isovolemic hemodilution with a hypertonic saline solution. J. Neurosurg. 63: 944-948, 1985.
34. Wei, E. P., W. D. Dietrich, J. T. Povlishock, R. M. Navari, and H. A. Kontos. Functional, morphological and metabolic abnormalities of the cerebral microcirculation after concussive brain injury in cats. Circ. Res. 46: 37-47, 1980.
35. Yamakami, I., and T. K. McIntosh. The effects of traumatic brain injury on regional cerebral blood flow in rats as measured with radiolabeled microspheres. J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab. 9: 117-124, 1989.
36. Yamakami, I., and T. K. McIntosh. Alterations in regional cerebral blood flow following brain injury in the rat. J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab. 11: 655-660, 1991.
37. Yuan, X. Q., D. S. Prough, T. Smith, and D. S. DeWitt. The effects of traumatic brain injury on regional cerebral blood flow in rats. J. Neurotrauma 5: 289-301, 1988.