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L-NA-sensitive rCBF augmentation during vibrissal stimulation in type III nitric oxide synthase mutant mice
1Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown 02129, USA.
Abstract:
Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was studied in type III nitric oxide (NO) synthase (endothelial, eNOS) mutant and wild type mice during mechanical whisker stimulation before and after nitro-L-arginine (L-NA) superfusion using the closed cranial window technique. rCBF increased equally in cortical barrel fields in both strains during stimulation, as measured by laser Doppler-flowmetry, and was inhibited by L-NA superfusion (1 mM) in both groups. Hence, coupling of blood flow and metabolism appears neuronal NOS-(nNOS) but not eNOS-dependent in cortical barrel fields of the mouse.