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FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE
卷 8, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00124
关键词
ischemic stroke; intracranial pressure; therapeutic hypothermia; aged rats; middle cerebral artery occlusion; cerebral edema
资金
- NHMRC [APP1033461]
- Hunter Medical Research Institute
- Emlyn and Jennie Thomas Postgraduate Scholarship
- NIAMRC career development fellowship [APP1035465]
Stroke is predominantly a senescent disease, yet most preclinical studies investigate treatment in young animals. We recently demonstrated that short-duration hypothermia-treatment completely prevented the dramatic intracranial pressure (ICP) rise seen post stroke in young rats. Here, our aim was to investigate whether a similar ICP rise occurs in aged rats and to determine whether short-duration hypothermia is an effective treatment in aged animals. Experimental middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo-3 h occlusion) was performed on male Wistar rats aged 19-20 months. At 1 h after stroke-onset, rats were randomized to 2.5 h hypothermia treatment (32.5 degrees C) or normothermia (37 degrees C). ICP was monitored at baseline, for 3.5 h post-occlusion, and at 24 h post-stroke. Infarct and edema volumes were calculated from histology. Baseline pre-stroke ICP was 11.2 +/- 3.3 mmHg across all animals. Twenty-four hours post-stroke. ICP was significantly higher in normothermic animals compared to hypothermia-treated animals (27.4 +/- 18.2 mmHg vs. 8.0 +/- 5.0 mmHg, p = 0.03). Infarct and edema volumes were not significantly different between groups. These data demonstrate ICP may also increase 24 h post stroke in aged rats, and that short-duration hypothermia treatment has a profound and sustained preventative effect. These findings may have important implications for the use of hypothermia in clinical trials of aged stroke patients.
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