scholarly journals Study of the changes in the position and the pattern of changes of the brain arteries in fetuses and full-term stillborns

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-10
Author(s):  
Amela Kulenović ◽  
Faruk Dilberović
Keyword(s):  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Full Term ◽  
The Other ◽  
Fetal Life ◽  
Brain Growth ◽  
Cerebral Blood Vessels ◽  
Brain Arteries ◽  
Gestation Age ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Brain

We studied cerebral blood vessels in 20 fetuses of the gestation age between 16-36 weeks, and in 5 full-term stillborn cadavers by the method of dissection. One portion of the brain samples were processed by filling the blood vessels with 10% solution of formalin, whereas in the other group we used Mixobar and injected it through carotid artery to demonstrate brain arteries. In early fetal life the arteries are thin and have a straightforward pattern, which is in a direct correlation with the development of the brain. In brain arteries of a 28-week old fetus we observed progressive changes at all three brain arteries that began to assume more curved pattern. Since a significant increase in the brain growth and formation of the gyruses and sulcuses of the brain occurs in the 32nd week, the arteries also assume a wavier pattern, and the number of its branches increases. In full-term stillborns, the arteries are much larger in caliber, they branch abundantly, and due to relatively wide brain sulcuses we may also conclude that their pattern is partially tortuous. From our results it is evident that there are changes in the position, pattern and relationship of brain arteries that are parallel with the brain development and formation gyruses and sulcuses of the brain.

scholarly journals Contribution to the knowledge of position, flow and arterial distribution of cerebral blood vessels in foetuses 4 to 9 months of age

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 59-62
Author(s):  
Amela Kulenović ◽  
Faruk Dilberović
Keyword(s):  
Brain Development ◽  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Cerebral Arteries ◽  
Fetal Life ◽  
Cerebral Blood Vessels ◽  
Born Baby ◽  
Straight Flow ◽  
The Brain

We studied cerebral blood vessels in 25 fetuses of gestational age 16-36 weeks and in 10 cadavers of still-born babies by injection-corrosive method. In the early fetal life, arteries are thin with the straight flow, which is directly connected with the brain development. Progressive changes are observed in all the three cerebral arteries in 28-week old fetus, which straight flow becomes more and more tortuous. As in the 32nd week the brain develops faster and gyri and sulci are being formed, the arteries assume wavy flow and number of their rami increases. In a still-born baby, arteries are of rather bigger caliber; they branch abundantly; and due to their relatively broad cerebral sulci, it can be said that their flow is partly tortuous. Our results show evidently that position, flow and relation of cerebral arteries change concurrently with the brain development and appearance of cerebral gyri and sulci.

Clinical evaluation of Nasya Karma and Vatagajankusha Rasa effect in the management of Pakshaghata

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuldeep . ◽  
A. S. Prashanth ◽  
S. G. Chavan
Keyword(s):  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Brain Tissue ◽  
Blood Supply ◽  
Clinical Evaluation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cerebral Blood Vessels ◽  
Modern Era ◽  
The Brain

Vata Vyadhi is considered one among the Ashta Maha Gada as told by Acharya’s. Out of all Nanatmaja Vata Vyadhis, the disease Pakshaghata is considered superior among the other Vataja disorders. In modern era, the Lakshana’s of Pakshaghata is closely resembles the disease Hemiplegia. In Hemiplegia, symptoms appears due to the Ischemia of Brain tissue which is an end result of improper blood supply to the brain either due to thrombus, embolism or may be due to rupture of any cerebral blood vessels. Acharya Bhela, has considered Pakshaghata as one among the Asthi Majjagata Roga’s. Acharya Sushruta also states that, the Mastulunga Majja is nothing but it is Majjadhara Kala. So, here an attempt has been made to evaluate the efficacy of Brimhana Nasya along with Shamanoushadi’s for the management of Pakashaghata.

scholarly journals Head circumference and anterior fontanel measurements in newborns

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rizal Agus Tiansyah ◽  
Irawan Mangunatmadja ◽  
Aman Pulungan
Keyword(s):  
Gestational Age ◽  
Head Circumference ◽  
Full Term ◽  
Brain Growth ◽  
Anterior Fontanel ◽  
Term Infants ◽  
Head Growth ◽  
Term Newborns ◽  
Male Subjects ◽  
The Brain

Background Head growth and anterior fontanel (AP) closureare passive processes in response to brain growth. The growthof the brain and skull starts in the third week of intrauterinegestation. roth processes run simultaneously as a part of integralgrowth, along 'With increasing gestational age, until post􀀿birth.Measurement of head circumference (He) and AF in newbornsis done to determine if the brain and skull grew normally duringthe intrauterine period.Objectives To investigate the differences in He and AF sizebetween preterm and full􀀿term infants, and the relationshipbetween gestational age (GA) and birth weight (BW) to Heand AF size.Methods This was a descriptive analytic study on preterm andfull􀀿term newborns. Measurement of HC and AF was conductedin three phases: just after birth, 1x24 and 2x24 hours of age.Analysis of HC and AF size differences between preterm and fullterm subjects was performed, as well as analysis of the correlationbetween GA and BW to HC and AF size.Results Two hundred fifty newborns completed the study. Therewere 180 full􀀿term and 70 preterm subjects. Median HC in full􀀿term and preterm male subjects were 34 cm (range 31􀀿37 cm)and 31 cm (27􀀿34 cm), respectively. Median HC in full􀀿termand preterm female subjects were 33 cm (31􀀿36 cm) and 32 cm(27􀀿3S.S cm), respectively. Median AF in full􀀿term and pretermmale subjects were 2.17 cm (1.0SA.6 cm) and 2.22 cm (1.3SA.Scm), respectively, and in full􀀿term and preterm female subjectswere 2.02 cm (lA.1S cm) and 2.22 cm (0.7SA cm), respectively.The HC of preterms were significantly lower than the fullterms(P<O.OOl), however the AF size was not different between these2 groups of newborns (P =0 .28). Correlation test between GA andBW to HC size revealed a positive correlation (r=0.620, P<O.OO 1and r=0.801, P<O.OOl, respectively), but not to AF size (r=􀀿 0.06,p􀁀 0.279 and F- 0.049, P􀁀0.44, respectively).Concl usions We found that the HC size of pre terms wassignificantly lower than thefullterms, but no significant differences in AF size between the two groups. GA and BW were associatedwith HC size, but not associated to AF size. [paediatr lndones.2012;52:145-51].

The Neurovascular Unit: Focus on the Regulation of Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 502-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrícia Quelhas ◽  
Graça Baltazar ◽  
Elisa Cairrao
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Smooth Muscle Cells ◽  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Neurovascular Unit ◽  
Muscle Cells ◽  
Cerebral Blood Vessels ◽  
Mural Cells ◽  
Brain Pericytes ◽  
The Brain

The neurovascular unit is a physiological unit present in the brain, which is constituted by elements of the nervous system (neurons and astrocytes) and the vascular system (endothelial and mural cells). This unit is responsible for the homeostasis and regulation of cerebral blood flow. There are two major types of mural cells in the brain, pericytes and smooth muscle cells. At the arterial level, smooth muscle cells are the main components that wrap around the outside of cerebral blood vessels and the major contributors to basal tone maintenance, blood pressure and blood flow distribution. They present several mechanisms by which they regulate both vasodilation and vasoconstriction of cerebral blood vessels and their regulation becomes even more important in situations of injury or pathology. In this review, we discuss the main regulatory mechanisms of brain smooth muscle cells and their contributions to the correct brain homeostasis.

scholarly journals Primary ovarian failure caused by a solvent containing 2-bromopropane

1998 ◽  
pp. 554-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
JM Koh ◽  
CH Kim ◽  
SK Hong ◽  
KU Lee ◽  
YT Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Ovarian Function ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Interstitial Fibrosis ◽  
Ovarian Failure ◽  
Full Term ◽  
The Other ◽  
Developmental Arrest ◽  
Toxic Agents ◽  
Term Baby

Sixteen Korean female laborers who had been exposed to a cleaning solvent composed mainly of 2-bromopropane developed primary ovarian failure. Histologic findings from these patients' ovaries were similar to those observed in ovarian failure caused by radiation or chemotherapy, i.e., reduced number and developmental arrest of primary follicles, interstitial fibrosis and hyalinization of blood vessels. We followed their clinical course for 2 years and found that two patients recovered normal ovarian function spontaneously: one became pregnant and delivered a normal full-term baby, and the other resumed regular menstrual periods with normal hormonal values. Our observations support the idea that the increasing prevalence of ovarian failure in recent years might be due to an increase in presently unidentified environmental toxic agents.

Irregularities in the formation of the Willis circle, their frequency and significance in the mentally ill

1901 ◽  
Vol 1 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 393-394
Author(s):  
N. A. Vyrubov
Keyword(s):  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The Brain

Abstracts. Psychiatry.Dr. N.A. Vyrubov. Inaccuracies in the formation of the Willis circle, their frequency and significance in mentally ill patients.Review of psychiatry, neurology and experimental psychology.May, June, 1901.The author sets himself the task, on the one hand, to find out whether deviations in the formation of vessels of the Willis circle are encountered in the mentally ill more often than in the mentally healthy; on the other hand, do not the mentally ill have any or all of the arteries of the base of the brain a special tendency to deviate in education, that is, show with numbers in hand what anomalies in the formation of blood vessels are encountered most often in mentally ill.

scholarly journals Cerebral circulation: humoral regulation and effects of chronic hypertension.

1990 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-57
Author(s):  
F M Faraci ◽  
G L Baumbach ◽  
D D Heistad
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Choroid Plexus ◽  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Cerebral Circulation ◽  
Systemic Blood Pressure ◽  
Chronic Hypertension ◽  
Cerebral Blood Vessels ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Cerebral Arterioles ◽  
Relationship Of

New concepts have emerged in recent years concerning regulation of cerebral circulation. The purpose of this review is to summarize briefly several of these concepts. First, humoral mechanisms may have important effects on cerebral blood vessels and blood flow to choroid plexus. Recent evidence suggests that several vasoactive peptides may have major effects on fluid and ion balance in the brain by altering blood flow to the choroid plexus and possibly the production of cerebrospinal fluid. Second, chronic hypertension produces structural remodeling and hypertrophy of cerebral blood vessels and a shift in the relationship of cerebral blood flow to systemic blood pressure. Third, endothelium-dependent responses of cerebral arterioles to receptor and nonreceptor mediated agonists are impaired during chronic hypertension. Alterations in endothelium-dependent responses of cerebral arterioles during chronic hypertension appears to be due to release of an endothelium-derived contracting factor.

scholarly journals THE RÔLE OF HYPERSENSITIVITY IN THE PRODUCTION OF EXPERIMENTAL MENINGITIS

1932 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caspar G. Burn ◽  
Knox H. Finley
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Pathological Response ◽  
The Other ◽  
Perivascular Spaces ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Subarachnoid Spaces ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Brain

1. When living or dead tubercle bacilli and their products are placed in direct contact with the leptomeninges of hypersensitive (tuberculous) animals, there is a definite clinical and pathological response. 2. The clinical response is characterized by an onset of weakness, twitchings, convulsions and death of the animal within 6 to 12 hours. 3. Histologically the central nervous system shows an extensive polymorphonuclear exudate distributed throughout the subarachnoid spaces of the brain and extending into the perivascular spaces. 4. The intensity of the response is directly proportional to the quantity of visceral tuberculosis or to the dose of tuberculin employed. 5. When small quantities of tuberculin are employed so as to permit the animal to survive longer than 24 hours, there is an exudate found in the sulci and at the base of the brain which is characterized by small lymphocytes. 6. The non-tuberculous animals when inoculated with tuberculin or tubercle bacilli revealed no clinical or pathological response. The tuberculous animals, on the other hand, when inoculated with glycerine broth always responded by a definite but slight polymorphonuclear exudate. 7. The possible relationship of the allergic state to postinfectious complications of the central nervous system is discussed.

Effect of atropine on cerebrovascular responsiveness to carbon dioxide

1978 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masayuki Matsuda ◽  
Shunichi Yoneda ◽  
Hiroshi Gotoh ◽  
Jyoji Handa ◽  
Hajime Handa
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Nerve Fibers ◽  
Sodium Pentobarbital ◽  
Cerebral Blood Vessels ◽  
Cholinergic Mechanism ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sagittal Sinus ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Wedge Pressure

✓ Effects of cholinergic inhibition by atropine on cerebral circulation were studied in 15 baboons anesthetized with sodium pentobarbital. Intravertebral infusion of atropine, 0.1 mg/kg, did not cause any changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF), superior sagittal sinus wedge pressure (SSWP), epidural pressure (EDP), cerebral perfusion pressure, or cerebral vascular resistance under normal conditions. Cerebrovascular responsiveness to carbon dioxide (CO2) inhalation was not influenced by atropine. The presence of cholinergic nerve fibers has been proved in the cerebral blood vessels and the existence of cholinergic mechanism suggested in the brain stem, but it is not likely that the cholinergic nerves have tonic control of cerebral blood vessels in the resting state or affect cerebrovascular responsiveness to CO2. The changes in EDP and those in SSWP showed a very good correlation to each other. There was also a good correlation between the changes in CBF and those in EDP or SSWP.

Effects of endothelin and vasopressin on cerebral blood vessels

1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (3) ◽  
pp. H799-H803 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. M. Faraci
Keyword(s):  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Blood Brain Barrier ◽  
Basilar Artery ◽  
Brain Barrier ◽  
Fluorescein Sodium ◽  
Cerebral Blood Vessels ◽  
Blood Brain ◽  
Pial Arterioles ◽  
High Doses ◽  
The Brain

Endothelin is a recently described peptide which has been suggested to be one type of endothelium-derived contracting factor. The goals of the present study were to examine the effects of endothelin and vasopressin on diameter of cerebral vessels and on permeability of the blood-brain barrier to fluorescein sodium (mol wt of 376). In anesthetized rats, topical suffusion of arginine vasopressin (10(-10) to 10(-7) M) decreased the diameter of pial arterioles, with a reduction of 27 +/- 1% at 10(-7) M in cerebrum and 35 +/- 2% at 10(-8) M for the basilar artery. A low concentration of endothelin (10(-10) M) produced modest (5 +/- 1%) dilatation of pial arterioles. Higher concentrations of endothelin (10(-8) and 10(-7) M) constricted pial arterioles with a reduction in diameter of 22 +/- 5% at 10(-7) M. Dilatation to endothelin was not observed in the basilar artery. The basilar artery constricted to lower doses of vasopressin than endothelin, but vasoconstriction to 10(-7) M endothelin (56 +/- 4%) was greater (P less than 0.05) than that for the same dose of vasopressin. Permeability of the blood-brain barrier to fluorescein sodium was not increased by vasopressin or endothelin. Thus 1) vasopressin produces constriction of brain blood vessels; 2) endothelin produces dilatation of pial arterioles at low doses but constriction at high doses; 3) constrictor responses to both peptides appear to be greater in the brain stem than in the cerebrum; and 4) vasopressin and endothelin do not increase permeability of the blood-brain barrier.

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