Aetiology of cerebral arterial spasm following subarachnoid haemorrhage: evidence against a major involvement of 5-hydroxy- tryptamine in the production of acute spasm.
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- 1 September 1978
- journal article
- Published by Wiley
- Vol. 6 (3) , 203-215
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2125.1978.tb04586.x
Abstract
1 Acute cerebral arterial spasm was produced in baboons by intracisternal injection of blood or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). Blood induced spasm was not antagonized by the potent 5-HT antagonist BW501C67, but 5-HT induced cerebral arterial spasm was largely antagonized.Keywords
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