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To evaluate whether pentobarbital anesthesia combined with post-ischemic treatment alters cerebral infarction, morbidity, and mortality following unilateral carotid artery ligation.

June 1, 1977Archives of Neurology

Experimental Cerebral Infarction Effects of Pentobarbital in Mongolian Gerbils

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CMC. P. McGrawAtrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

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Controlled animal study reveals lower cerebral infarction rates after pentobarbital anesthesia and treatment in Mongolian gerbils, suggesting potential neuroprotective effects during brain ischemia.

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To evaluate whether pentobarbital anesthesia combined with post-ischemic treatment alters cerebral infarction, morbidity, and mortality following unilateral carotid artery ligation.
Mongolian gerbils underwent unilateral carotid artery ligation under either ether (N=110) or pentobarbital sodium (N=78) anesthesia.
Beginning one hour after ligation, cohorts from each group (N=38 each) received pentobarbital (3 mg/50 g intraperitoneally every 8 hours for 72 hours), while controls received normal saline or no treatment.
Morbidity, mortality, and the presence, location, and extent of cerebral infarction were assessed across all groups over a six-day monitoring period.
Overall cerebral infarction developed in 45.2% of animals (85/188), but occurred in only 26.3% (10/38) of gerbils that received both pentobarbital anesthesia and post-ligation pentobarbital treatment.
Infarction rates in the remaining treatment and control groups ranged from 45% to 53%.
No significant differences occurred among groups with respect to the total number of deaths or the anatomical location and extent of ischemic lesions.

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C. P. McGraw (1977) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa038b56e7b6ec0b7c7285c https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1977.00500180028006

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Controlled animal study reveals lower cerebral infarction rates after pentobarbital anesthesia and treatment in Mongolian gerbils, suggesting potential neuroprotective effects during brain ischemia.

Experimental Cerebral Infarction Effects of Pentobarbital in Mongolian Gerbils

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