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  • Title: The effect of indomethacin on cerebral blood flow and oxygen consumption in the rat at normal and increased carbon dioxide tensions.
    Author: Dahlgren N, Nilsson B, Sakabe T, Siesjö BK.
    Journal: Acta Physiol Scand; 1981 Apr; 111(4):475-85. PubMed ID: 6795900.
    Abstract:
    The effect of the fatty acid cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor indomethacin on cerebral blood flow (CBF) and the metabolic rate for oxygen (CMRO2) was studied in paralyzed and artificially ventilated rats. In normocapnic animals, the drug (10 mg.kg-1i.v.) reduced CBF to 50% of control without a measurable effect on CMRO2. During hypercapnia (PaCO2 70-80 mmHg) the increase in CBF was reduced by about 80% but CMRO2 remained unchanged. Autoradiographic evaluation of local CBF in 20 brain structures indicated that the reduction in CBF was relatively uniform throughout the brain. Dose response curves showed that an effect on CBF was evident already at an indomethacin dose of 1 mg.kg-1 and maximal effects were obtained with 3-5 mg.kg-1. Following i.v. injection of the drug reduction in CBF was observed already after 10 s and the full response occurred after 1-2 min. It is concluded that metabolites of arachidonic acid, possibly mainly prostacyclin, are powerful modulators of normal cerebrovascular tone, and help to mediate the CBF response to increased CO2 tensions. However, since indomethacin does not modify the circulatory response in other conditions with increased CBF these substances do not qualify as general coupling factors controlling CBF in physiological or pathological states.
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