title: Additive effect of cyclooxygenase and nitric oxide synthase blockade on the cerebrocortical microcirculation.
abstract: The contribution of vasodilator cyclooxygenase (COX) metabolites to the maintenance of the cerebrocortical blood flow (CBF) has been studied under physiological conditions and in nitric oxide (NO) deficiency. Inhibition of COX decreased resting CBF without changing arterial blood pressure. NO synthase blockade resulted in hypertension and CBF reduction as well as in enhanced cerebral prostacyclin and prostaglandin E2 production. Despite the increased vasodilator prostanoid release in the absence of NO, the CBF-decreasing effect of COX blockade failed to increase. Therefore, the COX pathway seems to play a similar role under physiological and NO-deficient conditions in the maintenance of the resting CBF.
authors: Institute of Human Physiology and Clinical Experimental Research, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors: Zsombor
authors: Z
authors: Lacza
authors: Lászlo
authors: L
authors: Hortobágyi
authors: Béla
authors: B
authors: Horváth
authors: Eszter M
authors: EM
authors: Horváth
authors: Péter
authors: P
authors: Sándor
authors: Zoltán
authors: Z
authors: Benyo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D011464:Epoprostenol; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D015232:Dinoprostone; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D007213:Indomethacin