title: Elevated concentrations of glutamate and aspartate in human ventricular cerebrospinal fluid (vCSF) during episodes of increased CSF pressure and clinical signs of impaired brain circulation.
abstract: In the ventricular cerebrospinal fluid (vCSF) of 10 hydrocephalic patients the mean (+/- S.D.) concentrations of glutamate and asparate were 2.9 +/- 0.2 and 0.2 +/- 0.2 microM, respectively. Significantly higher concentrations of these amino acids were found in two patients (glutamate 37.8 and 22.4 microM, aspartate 2.2 and 0.6 microM) with symptoms of impaired brain tissue perfusion, i.e. relative ischemia due to severely increased intraventricular CSF pressure. Our results are consistent with recent experiments in rats showing increased extracellular concentrations of glutamate and aspartate during transient cerebral ischemia.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Engelsen
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Fosse
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Myrseth
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fonnum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005971:Glutamates / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D005971:Glutamates; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D018698:Glutamic Acid