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  • Title: Effects of adenosine and 2-chloroadenosine on cerebral collateral vessels.
    Author: Muhonen MG, Loftus CM, Heistad DD.
    Journal: J Cereb Blood Flow Metab; 1995 Nov; 15(6):1075-81. PubMed ID: 7593340.
    Abstract:
    Adenosine is a potent cerebral vasodilator. We tested the hypothesis that dilatation of collateral vessels in cerebrum, in response to topical adenosine and 2-chloroadenosine (2-CAD), would increase blood flow to collateral-dependent cerebrum. In dogs anesthetized with halothane, a branch of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) was occluded proximally and cannulated distally. The collateral-dependent area at risk for infarction was perfused from a reservoir with microsphere-free blood, and blood flow to normal cerebrum and to cerebrum dependent on collateral flow was measured with radioactive microspheres injected into the left ventricle through a femoral artery catheter. Perfusion through the cannulated MCA branch was stopped, and flow to normal and collateral-dependent cerebrum was measured after adenosine (10(-2) M) or 2-CAD (10(-4) M) was added to the superfusate over the cerebrum. In normal cerebrum, topical application of adenosine increased flow to outer but not inner layers. Topical application of adenosine had little effect on flow to collateral-dependent tissue. In normal cerebrum, 2-CAD increased flow to outer layers, whereas flow to inner layers tended to increase. During 2-CAD, flow to outer cortical layers of collateral-dependent cerebrum increased from 140 +/- 20 ml/100 g/min (mean +/- SD) to 231 +/- 68, whereas flow to the inner collateral-dependent tissue did not change. The findings indicate that, after occlusion of a cerebral artery, topical 2-CAD increases blood flow to outer layers of collateral-dependent and normal cerebrum.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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