Research Article
Inhibition of Brain Swelling after Ischemia-Reperfusion by β-Adrenergic Antagonists: Correlation with Increased K+ and Decreased Ca2+ Concentrations in Extracellular Fluid
Table 1
Brain water content in MCAO model with and without reperfusion.
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Water content was calculated as (wet weight − dry weight)/wet weight × 100% in rats where MCAO had been performed on the right side. In control rats no significant change occurred with or without reperfusion. In animals with MCAO in the right hemisphere a small apparent increase in water content in this hemisphere after 3 hr of ischemia was not statistically significant, whereas a larger increase after reperfusion marked with * was significant ( < 0.05). It was also significantly different ( < 0.05) from the small apparent increase without reperfusion. |