title: Solubility and partition coefficients for gases in rabbit brain and blood.
abstract: Solubility and partition coefficients for argon, methane, neon, nitrogen, and sulfur hexafluoride in normal saline, rabbit blood, and exsanguinated rabbit brain were determined in a two-step process that involved equilibration of the various aliquots, and subsequent analysis by gas chromatography. Brain-blood partition coefficient was specifically higher than one for argon, neon, and sulfur hexafluoride, and questionably significant (P less than 0.025) for nitrogen.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D004058:Diffusion; D008433:Mathematics; D005741:Noble Gases / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D005741:Noble Gases