Experimental meningeal carcinomatosis selectively depresses local cerebral glucose utilization in rat brain Journal Article
| Authors: | Hiesiger, E. M.; Picco-Del Bo, A.; Lipschutz, L. E.; Basler, G. A.; Thaler, H. T.; Posner, J. B.; Shapiro, W. R. |
| Article Title: | Experimental meningeal carcinomatosis selectively depresses local cerebral glucose utilization in rat brain |
| Abstract: | Using quantitative autoradiography, we investigated the effect of meningeal carcinomatosis on local cerebral glucose utilization (LCGU). A rat model of meningeal carcinomatosis using Walker 256 tumor was used. LCGU was evaluated using14C-2-deoxy-d-glucose according to the Sokoloff method. Thirty-one neuroanatomic structures were evaluated, both separately and as part of five functional or neuroanatomic groups: olfactory, auditory, visual, limbic, and white matter. The relationship between tumor and LCGU of underlying brain was examined. Compared with controls, there was no global change of LCGU in the experimental group that applied to all structures. However, mean LCGU was significantly depressed in olfactory cortex, temporal cortex, olfactory tubercle, amygdala, caudate/putaman, inferior colliculus, medial geniculate, anterior commissure, and corpus callosum, and the functional groups that make up the olfactory and auditory systems. There was no correlation between extent of regional tumor burden and degree of depression of LCGU in underlying structures. In meningeal carcinomatosis, tumor results in selective regional depression of LCGU. This occurs both in structures underlying tumor and those anatomically remote, but in certain cases, functionally related to structures subadjacent to tumor. These data may help to explain the diversity of neurologic dysfunction seen in patients with meningeal cancer. © 1989 American Academy of Neurology. |
| Keywords: | nonhuman; brain tumor; animal; tissue distribution; brain; meningeal neoplasms; rat; carcinoma; glucose; rats; radioisotope; analysis of variance; carcinomatous meningitis; autoradiography; glucose metabolism; rats, inbred strains; priority journal; support, non-u.s. gov't; support, u.s. gov't, p.h.s. |
| Journal Title: | Neurology |
| Volume: | 39 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| ISSN: | 0028-3878 |
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Date Published: | 1989-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 90 |
| End Page: | 95 |
| Language: | English |
| PUBMED: | 2909919 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| DOI: | 10.1212/wnl.39.1.90 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 14 April 2020 -- Source: Scopus |
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