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M Nikolova

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Study on the cerebral effects of sabeluzole.

The cerebral effects of subeluzole have been studied using the following methods: hypobaric hypoxia in mice, complete ischemia by decapitation in mice, anoxic hypoxia in mice, hemic hypoxia in rats, incomplete ischemia by bilateral carotid ligation in rats, anoxic hypoxia in rats and asphyxic hypoxia in cats. Sabeluzole was active in all the models used: it increased the survival time in hypobaric hypoxia (maximum at 40 mg/kg--by 92.0%, p less than 0.001), survival time in anoxic hypoxia in mice (maximum at 40 mg/kg--by 27.2%, p less than 0.001), gasping in decapitation model (maximum at 20 mg/kg--by 155.4%, p less than 0.001) and survival in hemic hypoxia (maximum at 2.5 mg/kg--by 21.1%, p less than 0.05). The duration of the effect as evaluated in the decapitation model was about 6 h. In incomplete ischemia in rats, however, it showed a weak effect. In anoxic hypoxia in rats, sabeluzole (5 mg/kg i.v.) increased the time latency between onset of anoxia and negative DC-shift by 20.5% and the K+e-threshold by 25.7%. In asphyxic hypoxia in cats, sabeluzole (0.5 mg/kg i.v.) counteracted the hypoxia-induced decrease of the fast-wave amplitudes during the cortical resistance period and the hypoxia-induced decrease of the slow-wave and increase of the fast wave amplitudes during the cortical recovery period.

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Cerebroprotective effect of flunarizine.

The cerebroprotective effect of flunarizine was studied using the following methods: hypobaric hypoxia in mice, complete ischemia by decapitation in mice, anoxic hypoxia in mice, hemic hypoxia in rats, incomplete ischemia by bilateral carotid ligation in rats and asphyxic hypoxia in cats. Piracetam, meclofenoxate, nicergoline, naftidrofuryl, cinnarizine and nifedipine were studied as reference drugs. Flunarizine increased the survival time in all survival models. Its effect was most pronounced in complete ischemia model, and considerably higher than that of reference drugs. In asphyxic hypoxia flunarizine increased cortical resistance and shortened cortical recovery. The EEG frequency-amplitude analysis during asphyxic hypoxia showed a significant decrease of the slow-waves amplitudes of delta and theta range, and an increase of the fast-waves amplitudes of beta-2 range, changes indicating protective action.

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Protective effect of piracetam against PGF2 alpha-impaired cerebral resistance to hypoxia.

The protective effect of piracetam against PGF2 alpha-impaired cerebral resistance to hypoxia was investigated by EEG study in relaxed and artificially ventilated cats. Asphyxic anoxia was performed after 5 min of intracarotid (i.c.) or i.v. infusion of 10 micrograms/kg/min PGF2 alpha before and 30 min after piracetam (100 mg/kg i.v.). The following parameters were determined: cortical resistance (CRs)--as time between stopping the ventilation and the extinction of EEG; cortical recovery (CRc) - as time between restitution of ventilation and reappearance of brain activity; anoxia resistance index (ARI) - as the ratio between these two parameters (CRs/Crc). Both the i.c. and i.v. infusion of PGF2 alpha led to a significant decrease in CRs and lengthening of CRc which resulted in a decrease in ARI. Piracetam reverses the PGF2 alpha-induced changes in asphyxic anoxia. The possible mechanism of piracetam's effect and the probable therapeutic value of the latter are considered.

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Effect of aligeron on the cerebral venous outflow and cerebrospinal fluid pressure in dogs.

The effect of Aligeron (1-benzhydril-4-allyl-piperazine dihydrochloride) on the cranial circulation was studied in dogs under chloralose-urethan anaesthesia. The parameters followed were: venous outflow from the confluence of the cerebral sinusses (CVO), cerebrospinal fluid pressure in cysterna magna (CSFP), systemic arterial blood pressure (BP) and pulse rate (PR). CVP was measured using the technique of Rapela and Green (1964). Aligeron was applied at doses of 5 and 10 mg/kg i.v. Papaverine hydrochloride was used as a reference compound. aligeron administration at a dose of 5 mg/kg led to quick increase of the CVO with a duration of the effect approximately 30 min. CSFP also increased in a similar way. BP and PR showed insignificant changes. The administration of 10 mg/kg did not lead to an increase of its effect on CVO. Papaverine (1 mg/kg i.v.) had a weaker effect than that of Aligeron. According to the classical concepts the changes observed in our experiments were due to the cerebral vasodilator effect of Aligeron which caused a fall in cerebrovascular resistance and an increase of the intracranial blood volume. Our experiments suggest that Aligeron influenced the resistance vessels more than the capacitance ones.

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Experimental electroencephalographic study of piracetam in cats.

In connection with some contradictions in the electroencephalographic data for piracetam, further investigations have been carried out to study its effect on the spontaneous and evoked EEG in intact cats after single and a 10-day administration of the drug. On the basis of analysis of the electroencephalogram using an ISEMA frequency-amplitude analyser, the values of the frequency ranges and those of the mean amplitude were averaged by use of FACOM computer. The results from our experiments indicate that no visual differences in the spontaneous and evoked EEG after piracetam administration have been observed. The spontaneous activity after the 10-day treatment with 1000 mg/kg i.m. quantitatively shows an increase of the fast frequencies (beta and alpha waves), increase of the mean amplitude, and increase of the evoked activity after visual and sound stimulation. An involvement of deep structures in performing the effect of piracetam is admitted as well as kind of "augmentation" of the cerebral bioelectrical activity.

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