[Effect of cerebral blood supply disorders on certain aspects of metabolism]

Bilateral ligation of common carotid arteries sharply decreases volume blood flow and oxygen consumption in the cortex, in diencephalon and midbrain whereas inducing no changes in the cerebellum and medulla oblongata. The same is true for intensity of metabolism of both total and separate fractions of phospholipids. This suggests that the changes of phospholipid metabolism in neural tissue depend on the degree of its blood supply disturbance and duration of the ischemia.