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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 282: H902-H907, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00128.2001
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Vol. 282, Issue 3, H902-H907, March 2002

Pial arteriole dilation during somatosensory stimulation is not mediated by an increase in CSF metabolites

Al C. Ngai and H. Richard Winn

Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98104

Pial arterioles supplying the hindlimb somatosensory cortex dilate in response to contralateral sciatic nerve stimulation. The mechanism of this pial vasodilation is not well understood. One possibility is that vasoactive metabolites released during brain activation may diffuse to subarachnoid cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to dilate pial vessels. To test this hypothesis, we implanted closed cranial windows in rats and measured pial arteriolar dilation to sciatic nerve stimulation during constant rate superfusion of the pial surface with artificial CSF. We reason that flushing the pial surface with CSF should quickly dissipate vasoactive substances and prevent these substances from dilating pial arterioles. CSF flow (1 and 1.5 ml/min) significantly reduced pial arteriole dilation induced by 5% CO2 inhalation, but the same flow rates did not affect dilator responses to sciatic nerve stimulation. We conclude that brain-to-CSF diffusion of vasoactive metabolites does not play a significant role in the dilation of pial arterioles during somatosensory activity.

cerebral blood flow; coupling; hypercapnia


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