title: Experimental models of subarachnoid hemorrhage in the rat: a refinement of the endovascular filament model.
abstract: The rat endovascular filament model has been utilized to study subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Because the severity of the hemorrhage with this model has proven difficult to modulate, we attempted to vary the hemorrhage by modifying filament size, and compared this model to the blood injection method with regards to acute physiological responses and hemorrhage size. SAH was achieved using either a 3-0 or 4-0 filament, or by injecting 0.3 cc of autologous blood into the cisterna magna. Peak ICP elevations were lowest in the 4-0 filament group. CBF decreased acutely and rose from its nadir in all three models with the injection model demonstrating the earliest recovery. In the injection group, mean arterial blood pressure rose acutely and remained elevated, whereas in the 3-0 group, MABP rose transiently and in the 4-0 group it did not rise significantly. Histologically, there was less subarachnoid blood in the 4-0 group vs. the injection or 3-0 groups and a different distribution of blood in the two experimental models. Varying filament size provides a method to modulate the severity of SAH in the filament model. In addition, the rat endovascular filament and blood injection models produce different distribution of blood and physiological responses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1136, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Masago
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Sehba
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Bederson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007839:Functional Laterality; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000503:physiopathology*