title: Carotid ligation alters cholecystokinin-8 (CCK-8) immunoreactivity in gerbil brains.
abstract: The unilateral or bilateral carotid arteries were ligated in gerbils used as a model of cerebral ischemia. The effect of different times of bilateral ischemia on the content of CCK-8 in fore regions of gerbil brain and the effect of 30 min of unilateral ischemia on the content of CCK-8 of the same regions in gerbils with or without neurological signs were observed. Our results show that the content of CCK-8 of cortex, basal ganglia, thalamus and hypothalamus decreased significantly. But, in brain stem it remained basically unchanged no matter whether the ischemia was unilateral or bilateral. This suggests that there is a close relationship between CCK-8 and cerebral ischemia, and raises the possibility that CCK-8 may be involved in cerebral ischemia through a yet unclear mechanism.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000502:physiology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005849:Gerbillinae; D009928:Organ Specificity; D012844:Sincalide / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012844:Sincalide