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标题：Increased Permeability of the Blood-Brain Barrier Following Administration of Glyceryl Trinitrate in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)
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作者：Kovačić, Sanja ; Petrinec, Zdravko ; Matašin, Željka 等
期刊名称：Collegium Antropologicum
印刷版ISSN：0350-6134
出版年度：2008
卷号：32 - Supplement 1
期号：1
页码：99-103
出版社：Hrvatsko antropološko društvo
摘要：Nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of migraine and treatment with its exogenous donor glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) represents widely accepted experimental »migraine model«. In this study, glyceryl trinitrate was administered intraperitoneally to carps, serum nitrite and nitrate levels were determined, permeability of blood-brain barrier was investigated, and histological changes of brain tissue were analyzed. Serum nitrite and nitrate levels displayed characteristic biphasic pattern with moderate initial increase and maximal terminal increase, suggesting the GTN-induced endogenous NO synthesis. Increased permeability of the blood-brain barrier in GTN-treated animals was determined based on Evans blue capillary leakage into the brain tissue. Histological analysis revealed changes consistent with vasodilatation and oedema. Our study strongly supports the importance of the NO role in the pathogenesis of migraine attacks and increase in blood-brain barrier permeability during the attack. The study has also provided evidence that this mechanism of action is conserved to the lower vertebrate.
关键词：migraine; glyceryl trinitrate; permeability; blood-brain barrier