The influence of haematocrit and blood glucose on cerebral blood flow in normal and in diabetic rats

G M Knudsen, E Tedeschi, J Jakobsen

7 Citationer (Scopus)

Abstract

Cerebral blood flow (CBF) was measured at varying haematocrit values in 8 streptozotocin-diabetic and in 7 control rats using the intracarotid 133Xe technique. A hyperbolic relationship between CBF and haematocrit was established for the individual rats in both groups. Diabetic animals showed a preserved CBF response to changes to haematocrit. In 10 normal rats, CBF was measured during acute hyperglycaemia induced by intraperitoneal glucose injection. A significant, inverse correlation was found between CBF and blood glucose. We conclude that the CBF response to changes in haematocrit and thereby in pO2 is preserved in experimental diabetes. Secondly, in acute hyperglycaemia CBF varies inversely with blood glucose, by mechanisms not fully understood.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftNeuroReport
Vol/bind3
Udgave nummer11
Sider (fra-til)987-9
Antal sider3
ISSN0959-4965
DOI
StatusUdgivet - nov. 1992
Udgivet eksterntJa

Fingeraftryk

Dyk ned i forskningsemnerne om 'The influence of haematocrit and blood glucose on cerebral blood flow in normal and in diabetic rats'. Sammen danner de et unikt fingeraftryk.

Citationsformater