title: Cerebral ischemia is the main cause for the onset of heat stroke syndrome in rabbits.
abstract: During the onset of heat stroke, rabbits displayed hyperthermia (42.8 degrees C), and decreased cerebral perfusion pressure and decreased cerebral blood flow (as reflected by a prolonged cerebral circulation time) compared to those of normothermic rabbits. On the other hand febrile rabbits, during the fever plateau did not show the above responses, although they had a similar level of hyperthermia (42.4 degrees C). The data support the concept that cerebral ischemia is the main cause for the onset of the heat stroke syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001831:Body Temperature; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006359:Heat Exhaustion / Q000209:etiology*; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D012007:Rectum