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- Rundquist, I, et al.
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Sciatic nerve blood flow measured by laser Doppler flowmetry and [14C]iodoantipyrine.
- 1985
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In: American Journal of Physiology. - 0002-9513 .- 2163-5773. ; 248:3 Pt 2, s. H311-317
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Blood flow was examined in sciatic nerves of pentobarbital-anesthetized rats by means of laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) and intravenous [14C]iodoantipyrine infusion. Continuous LDF signals demonstrated slow oscillations and acute, pressure-related changes in flow. The steady-state LDF signal was related linearly to nerve blood flow, as measured with [14C]iodoantipyrine, in intact nerves and nerves stripped of the epineurium. In 14 intact nerves, nerve blood flow averaged 0.27 +/- 0.03 (SE) ml X min-1 X g-1, whereas it averaged 0.13 +/- 0.01 in 5 stripped nerves. Autoradiographs of [3H]-nicotine-infused nerves and intra-arterial injection of 57Co-labeled microspheres demonstrated that flow was not uniform throughout the nerve cross section. The results indicate that LDF can be used to examine nerve blood flow in vivo, demonstrate a linear relation between the LDF signal and flow, and establish absolute values for blood flow in intact and stripped nerves of the anesthetized rat.
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