Abstract | OBJECTIVES: Cerebral hypoperfusion in the contralateral cerebellar hemisphere after stroke is interpreted as a functional and metabolic depression, possibly caused by a loss of excitatory afferent inputs on the corticopontocerebellar pathway terminating in the cerebellar gray matter. This phenomenon is defined as crossed cerebellar diaschisis and can be diagnosed clinically by positron emission tomography, single-photon emission computed tomography, brain magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography in terms of regional cerebral blood flow or metabolic rate of oxygen measurements. MATERIALS AND METHODS: RESULTS:
Nitrite values in ipsilateral cortex were significantly higher than those in contralateral cortex at 10 (P < 0.001) and 60 (P < 0.05) min of ischemia but no significant changes were observed in both cerebellum compared to the 0 min values. In both cerebral cortex and cerebellum cGMP levels at 10 and 60 min were significantly increased (P < 0.001). This increase was marked in ipsilateral cortex and contralateral cerebellum when compared with opposite cortex and cerebellum (P < 0.001). MDA values in ipsilateral cortex were significantly higher than those in contralateral cortex at 60 min of ischemia (P < 0.05). Contralateral cerebellar MDA values were found significantly higher than those in ipsilateral cerebellum at 0 (P<0.001) and 60 (P < 0.05) min of ischemia. In ipsilateral cortex, conjugated diene values at 0, 10, 60 min of ischemia were higher than those in contralateral cortex. On the other hand 0, 10, 60 min conjugated diene levels in contralateral cerebellum were significantly higher than those in ipsilateral cerebellum (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: These findings support the interruption of the corticopontocerebellar tract as the mechanism of the crossed cerebellar diaschisis.
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Authors | M Serteser, T Ozben, S Gümüşlü, S Balkan, E Balkan |
Journal | Acta neurologica Scandinavica
(Acta Neurol Scand)
Vol. 103
Issue 1
Pg. 43-8
(Jan 2001)
ISSN: 0001-6314 [Print] Denmark |
PMID | 11153887
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Nitrites
- Nitric Oxide
- Malondialdehyde
- Cyclic GMP
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Topics |
- Afferent Pathways
(pathology, physiopathology)
- Animals
- Cerebellum
(pathology, physiopathology)
- Cerebral Cortex
(pathology, physiopathology)
- Cyclic GMP
(metabolism)
- Dominance, Cerebral
(physiology)
- Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
(pathology, physiopathology)
- Lipid Peroxidation
(physiology)
- Male
- Malondialdehyde
(metabolism)
- Nitric Oxide
(metabolism)
- Nitrites
(metabolism)
- Pons
(pathology, physiopathology)
- Rats
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