[The effect of foridon on the cerebral circulation in non-narcotized animals]

In chronic experiments in rabbits, foridone, 0.3 mg/kg, i.v., caused a significant increase in overall and local cerebral circulation and pO2 in various brain regions. In conscious rats, foridone given in the same dose under 30-min carotid occlusion resulted in a less profound decrease in brain blood supply to the baseline level during recirculation and prevented disturbances in oxidative processes in brain tissue and development of brain edema.