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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΡΜΗΝΕΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΝΕΥΡΟΓΕΝΟΥΣ ΡΥΘΜΙΣΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΓΚΕΦΑΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΙΑΣ

Abstract

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TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIZED ROLE OF GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID (GABA) ON THE CEREBRAL CIRCULATION, WE USED A PRESSURE MICRO-INJECTION SYSTEM TO SIMULTANEOUSLY ADMINISTER VARIOUS CONCENTRATIONS OF GABA AND MEASURE THE TISSUE PO22 USING AN ADJACENT PO2 MICROELECTRODE. GABA INJECTED DIRECTLY INTO THE MONGOLIAN GERBIL (MERIONES UNGUICULATUS) HIPPOCAMPUS PRODUCED AN IMMEDIATE, REVERSIBLE INCREASE IN LOCAL TISSUE PO2. CONTROL INJECTIONS OF PHOSPHATE BUFFER (PH=7.4) HAD NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON TISSUE PO2. THE INDUCED INCREASE IN TISSUE PO2 OCCURED WITHIN SECONDS AFTER MICRO-INJECTION OF GABA. THE DURATION OF THE EFFECT WAS DEPENDENT UPON THE DOSE OF GABA WHICH WAS ADMINISTERED. THESE RESULTS SHOW A MODULATION OF TISSUE PO2 BY GABA, AND THEY AGREE WITH THE PROPOSED ROLE OF GABA AS A VASODILATOR IN THE REGULATION OF CEREBRAL MICROCIRCULATION.

Degree

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Grantor dc:publisher
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Year dc:date
1986

Author and committee

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Authors dc:creator
  • Angelopoulos, Elias
  • Αγγελόπουλος, Ηλίας

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/0426
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/0426

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2026-07-24
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citation

Angelopoulos, Elias; Αγγελόπουλος, Ηλίας. ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΡΜΗΝΕΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΝΕΥΡΟΓΕΝΟΥΣ ΡΥΘΜΙΣΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΓΚΕΦΑΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΙΑΣ. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0426