title: Brain blood flow and metabolism after global ischemia and post-insult thiopental therapy in monkeys.
abstract: We measured total and regional cerebral blood flow (CBF, rCBF) and cerebral metabolic rate (CMR) of oxygen (O2), glucose (G), and lactate (L) levels for 4 h after 16 min global brain ischemia in rhesus monkeys with and without post-insult thiopental therapy. Eleven monkeys weighing 4-5 kg anesthetized with 1 percent halothane, 66 percent nitrous oxide and 33 percent oxygen, were subjected to 16 min global brain ischemia by a combination of trimethaphan hypotension (to a mean arterial pressure of 50 torr) and a high pressure (1500 torr) neck tourniquet. Post-ischemia, 7 monkeys were untreated (controls) and 4 received thiopental 90 mg/kg infused intravenously over 60 min, beginning at 5 min post-ischemia. Total CBF and rCBF were measured by continuous monitoring of cerebral venous (torcula) and parietal-occipital (external scintillation) 133Xe activity, respectively, after intra-innominate artery injection of 500 micronCi 133Xe in saline. In control monkeys, hyperemia in rCBF, but not in total CBF was observed at 6-7 min post-ischemia, whereas both total CBF and rCBF increased in thiopental treated monkeys. The hyperemia in thiopental treated monkeys coincided with an increase in CMRG without a proportional increase in CMRO2 or lactate levels. Indeed, CMRO2 was depressed in the first 30 min post-ischemia. At 30 min post-ischemia, CMRO2 rose to twofold greater than pre-ischemia in control monkeys, but only to pre-ischemic levels in thiopental treated monkeys. The data suggest that thiopental therapy improves distribution of brain blood flow and brain glucose uptake early post-ischemia and depresses CMRO2 later post-ischemia.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D000882:Haplorhini; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D013874:Thiopental / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007773:Lactates; D005947:Glucose; D013874:Thiopental