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The systemic administration of norepinephrine has minimal effects on the cerebral circulation, perhaps due to blood-brain barrier mechanisms. To test hypothesis, the cerebrovascular effects of norepinephrine beyond the blood-brain barrier were studied in anesthetized baboons, Intraventricular norepinephrine (40 mug/kg) resulted in significant increases in cerebral blood flow (40%), cerebral oxygen consumption (21%), and cerebral glucose uptake (153%). Intracarotid hypertonic urea opens the blood-brain barrier by osmotic disruption; Consequent to hypertonic urea, the intracarotid infusion of norepinephrine, 50 ng/kg-min, significantly increase cerebral blood flow (49%), cerebral oxygen consumption (21%), and cerebral glucose uptake (76%), It appears probable that the cerebrovascular responses to norepinephrine are dependent on the integrity of the blood-brain barrier; It is likely that the increase in cerebral blood flow, associated with norepinephrine when it bypasses the barrier, is secondary to an increase in cerebral metabolism.
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