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Voltametric assessment of brain nitric oxide during heatstroke in rats.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9291142     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Anesthetized rats exposed to a high ambient temperature develop heatstroke with brain ischemia. Since nitric oxide (NO) plays an important role during normothermic ischemia, its cortical and cerebellar production were continuously assessed in pentobarbital anesthetized rats exposed to heat by using differential pulsed voltammetry. After 60 min at thermoneutrality, the rats were submitted to an ambient temperature of 40 degrees C until death. After 60 min in the heat, the rats were injected intraperitoneally with saline, MK801 (1 mg.kg(-1)), an antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, or L-arginine p-nitroanilide (L-ANA; 100 mg.kg(-1)), an inhibitor of NO synthase. Just before death, a 70% increase in NO production was observed in both the cerebellum and the cortex of saline-treated rats. The cortical increase in NO was not modified by MK801 while the NO signal was suppressed by L-ANA.
Authors:
F Canini; L Bourdon; R Cespuglio; A Buguet
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neuroscience letters     Volume:  231     ISSN:  0304-3940     ISO Abbreviation:  Neurosci. Lett.     Publication Date:  1997 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1997-10-23     Completed Date:  1997-10-23     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7600130     Medline TA:  Neurosci Lett     Country:  IRELAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  67-70     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Département des facteurs humains, Centre de recherches du Service de santé des armées, La Tronche, France.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Body Temperature
Brain Ischemia / complications,  metabolism*
Cerebellum / blood supply,  metabolism,  physiopathology
Cerebral Cortex / blood supply,  metabolism,  physiopathology
Electrophysiology
Heat Stroke / complications,  metabolism*
Nitric Oxide / metabolism*
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Skin Temperature
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
10102-43-9/Nitric Oxide

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