title: Models for investigating the aetiology of cerebral arterial spasm: comparative responses of the human basilar artery with rat colon, anococcygeus, stomach fundus, and aorta and guinea-pig ileum and colon.
abstract: 1 The pharmacological similarity between human basilar artery and a number of isolated tissues (rat colon, anococcygeus, stomach fundus and aorta and guinea-pig ileum and colon) has been assessed during investigations of the aetiology of cerebral arterial spasm. 2 The responses of each of the six tissues to human normal and abnormal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and to human serum were compared with those of the human isolated basilar artery. 3 These studies revealed the presence of a vasodilator factor in CSF from subarachnoid haemorrhage patients and several tissues may be of use for further work in identifying the vasoactive substances in CSF. 4 No tissue displayed exactly the same spectrum of biological reactivity as the human basilar artery. The rat stomach fundus showed the closest similarity and was further studied for similarities in drug-induced responses. 5 The rat stomach fundus, like the human basilar artery, was contracted by 5-hydroxytryptamine, prostaglandin F2alpha and histamine and relaxed by dopamine. However, noradrenaline relaxed the fundus but contracted the basilar artery.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000187:drug effects; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000187:drug effects; D003106:Colon / Q000187:drug effects; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008954:Models, Biological; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D013035:Spasm / Q000209:etiology*; D013270:Stomach / Q000187:drug effects