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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 46, 388-392, Copyright © 1999 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society
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T Kubota, N Anzawa, K Hirota, H Yoshida, T Kushikata and A Matsuki
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Hirosaki School of Medicine, Japan.
PURPOSE: To determine the effects of ketamine and pentobarbital on noradrenaline release from the medial prefrontal cortex. METHODS: In 14 male Wistar rats, a microdialysis probe with a 2 mm long semipermeable membrane was implanted in the medial prefrontal cortex. The dialysis probe was perfused at a rate of 1 microl x min(-1) with an artificial cerebrospinal fluid solution. The rats were randomly allocated to two groups: ketamine (group K, n=7) and pentobarbital (group P, n=7). Each rat was subsequently given 0 (saline), 1, 10 and 100 mg x kg(-1) ketamine i.p. in group K, and 0 (saline), 0.5, 5 and 50 mg x kg(-1) pentobarbital i.p. in group P. Sixty minutes elapsed between administration. Noradrenaline concentration was measured by HPLC with an electrochemical detector at 20 min intervals. (detection limit: 250 fg x 20 microl(-1), coefficient variation of the assay: 4.9%). The data in the 20-40 min after each dose of ketamine or pentobarbital i.p. were used for the statistical analysis. RESULTS: Noradrenaline release after 100 mg x kg(-1) ketamine increased by 7.7 +/- 2.0 (SEM) pg x collection(-1) compared with 2.7 +/- 0.7, 3.3 +/- 1.0 and 4.2 +/- 0.8 pg x collection(-1) after saline, 1 and 10 mg x kg(-1) ketamine, respectively (P < 0.05). Noradrenaline release did not change after pentobarbital. CONCLUSION: This study suggests the ketamine and pentobarbital have different effects on noradrenergic neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex. The stimulating effect of ketamine on noradrenaline release from the cortex might contribute to unique clinical features of ketamine anesthesia.
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