Yangkyuksanhoa-tang is freguentally used for cerebrovascular accident(CVA). The present study was performed to investigate the effect of Yangkyuksanhoa-tang on the perivascular immunoreactive nerve fiber of the basilar arte교 after experimentally ind...
Yangkyuksanhoa-tang is freguentally used for cerebrovascular accident(CVA). The present study was performed to investigate the effect of Yangkyuksanhoa-tang on the perivascular immunoreactive nerve fiber of the basilar arte교 after experimentally induced subarachnoid hemorrhage(SAH).
Sprague Dawley rats weighing between 350-400g were used. The SAH induced by injection of the fresh autologus heart blood (0.3-0.4ml) into the cisterna magna through the posterior atlanto-occipital membrane. Snmple group was given a 3.3 ㎖/㎏/day of Yangkyuksanhoa-tang extracts for 2 days after SAH. The experimental animals divided into 48hrs after SAH. The changes of perivascular immunoreactive nerve fiber was examined by using indirect immunofluorescence method.
The meshlike perivascular nerve fiber appeared in the basilar artery of normal rats. In basilar artery of SAH elicitated rat, the distribution of calcitonin gene-related peptide(CGRP)-immunoreactivity(IR) and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide(VIP)-IR of the perivascular nerve fiber were remarkably diminished, also dopamine beta hydroxylase(DBH)-IR, neuropeptide Y(NPY)-IR and serotonin-IR were diminished. In SAH elicitated rat with Yangkyuksanhoa-tang treatment, the CGRP-IR and VTP-IR degree were repaired as well as normal rat's, but DBH-IR, NPY-IR and serotonin-IR had no changes.
These results provide the basic data to investigate the effect of Yangkyuksanhoa-tang on the vasospasm after SAH.