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Barrier and uptake mechanisms in the cerebrovascular response to noradrenaline. [/sup 133/Xe tracer technique, baboons]

Journal Article · · Am. J. Physiol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6572834
Cerebral blood flow (CBF) was measured in 20 baboons by the intra-arterial xenon-133 injection method. The CBF responses to intra-arterial infusions of noradrenaline (NA) were determined. These responses were normally found to be vasodilator and mediated by beta adrenoreceptors. After infusion of substances blocking extraneuronal uptake of NA or opening of the blood-brain barrier, this vasodilation was either abolished or converted to an alpha-receptor mediated vasoconstriction. This suggests that normally the cerebral circulation is protected against noradrenergic vasoconstriction by mechanisms reducing the concentration of NA in the tunica media to below threshold for alpha-adrenoreceptor stimulation.
Research Organization:
Univ. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
OSTI ID:
6572834
Journal Information:
Am. J. Physiol.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. J. Physiol.; (United States) Vol. 233:4; ISSN AJPHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English