title: Effect of carbon dioxide on facial nerve blood flow in rabbits.
abstract: We investigated blood flow to the facial nerve, cerebral cortex, brain stem, and dura mater in 16 white rabbits using a nonradioactive microsphere technique at various levels of arterial carbon dioxide tension. The blood flow to the facial nerve in the 32 temporal bones was 59.1 +/- 32.9 microliters/g/min. Unlike cerebral blood flow, blood flow to the facial nerve and dura mater did not show any marked increase upon carbon dioxide inhalation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yanagita
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001835:Body Weight; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000187:drug effects*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide