Neuroprotective efficacy of selective brain hypothermia induced by a novel external cooling device on permanent cerebral ischemia in rats
Authors: Taniguchi, Tamiki1; Morikawa, Eiharu1; Mori, Takashi1; Matsui, Toru1
Source: Neurological Research, Volume 27, Number 6, September 2005 , pp. 613-619(7)
Publisher: Maney Publishing
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Abstract:
Objectives: This study was aimed at examining whether hypothermia is neuroprotective against permanent cerebral ischemia in rats.Methods: A total of 32 male Sprague–Dawley rats were subjected to a middle cerebral artery occlusion. In the hypothermic group, rats (n= 10) underwent selective brain hypothermia for 5 hours with the use of a novel surface coil with coolant circulating inside. In the control (n= 13) and sham groups (n=9), the rats were maintained at normothermia. After a period of 168 hours ischemia, animals were killed to measure the infarction volume of the brain stained with hematoxylin-eosin.Results: There were no significant differences in physiological parameters except for the temperature. The present style of hypothermia significantly reduced infarction volume in the cortex and caudoputamen.Discussion: The present results endorse the neuroprotective effect of our method of hypothermia in permanent focal cerebral ischemia at an endpoint of 1 week under the following two conditions: (1) reduction of muscle and caudoputamen temperature to 29 and 31°C, respectively; (2) maintenance of the mean arterial blood pressure above 90 mmHg during hypothermia.Keywords: HEMODYNAMICS; NEUROPROTECTION; PERMANENT CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; SELECTIVE BRAIN HYPOTHERMIA
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1179/016164105X22110
Affiliations: 1: Department of Neurosurgery, Saitama Medical Center/School, 1981 Kamoda, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
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