Cerebral interstitial fluid acid-base status follows arterial acid-base perturbations.
Cerebral interstitial fluid (ISF) pH of ventral medulla or thalamus, cisternal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pH, and arterial blood pH, PCO2, and [HCO-3] were measured in chloralose-urethan-anesthetized, gallamine-paralyzed New Zealand White rabbits during 30-min episodes of either HCl or NaHCO3 intravenous infusions. ISF pH was measured continuously with glass microelectrodes (1- to 2-microns tip diameter). Cisternal CSF pH was measured continuously with an indwelling pH probe (1-mm tip diameter). Both ventral medullary and thalamic ISF [H+] changed significantly, whereas arterial PCO2 remained constant. CSF [H+] did not change. We conclude from these data that 1) changes in blood acid-base conditions are rapidly reflected in cerebral ISF and 2) transient differences in [H+] and [HCO-3] can exist between cerebral ISF and CSF.
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