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  • Title: Comparison between pial and intraparenchymal vascular responses to cervical sympathetic stimulation in cats. Part 1. Under normal resting conditions.
    Author: Gotoh F, Fukuuchi Y, Amano T, Tanaka K, Uematsu D, Suzuki N, Kobari M, Obara K.
    Journal: J Cereb Blood Flow Metab; 1986 Jun; 6(3):342-7. PubMed ID: 3711161.
    Abstract:
    To investigate the role of sympathetic regulation in both resistance and capacitance vessels in cerebral circulation, the response of pial and intraparenchymal vessels to sympathetic nerve stimulation were simultaneously examined in 14 cats by means of a newly developed video camera photoelectric system. The system consisted of a video camera system for measurement of pial vascular diameters and a photoelectric apparatus for estimating regional cerebral blood volume in the intraparenchymal vessels. The ipsilateral superior cervical ganglion was electrically stimulated for 5 min. Initially, both the pial and intraparenchymal vessels constricted. The large pial arteries (173 +/- 25 micron, mean +/- SEM) remained constricted throughout the stimulation, whereas the intraparenchymal vessels began to dilate after the initial constriction and exceeded the control level at 175 +/- 25 s despite continued stimulation. In conclusion, such sympathetic nerve stimulation is considered to exert a constrictive effect on the intraparenchymal as well as the pial vessels at the early stage. The compensatory dilation of the intraparenchymal vessels was delayed 3 min after initiation of the stimulation.
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