title: Treatment with ranitidine of ischemic brain edema.
abstract: Cerebral ischemia was produced by bilateral common carotid artery occlusion in female Sprague-Dawley rats. Ranitidine, a histamine H2 receptor blocking agent, given intraperitoneally 30 min prior to ischemia, exerted a dose-dependent protective effect on water accumulation and ion shifts in the brain (Na+, K+ and Ca2+). To decide whether ranitidine can prevent ischemia-induced brain edema when given in the postischemic period, ranitidine (10 mg/kg i.p.) was administered 1, 2, and 3 h respectively after the onset of cerebral ischemia. Early (1 h) postocclusion treatment was still able to attenuate the ischemia-induced water accumulation and maldistribution of ions in the brain tissue.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tósaki
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Szerdahelyi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Joó
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D011899:Ranitidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D011899:Ranitidine; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium