Systemic and regional hemodynamics during audiogenic convulsions in rats genetically predisposed to epilepsy

The Krushinsky-Molodkina rat strain: The study of audiogenic epilepsy for 65 years

“…Blood pressure increased from 103 to 178 mm Hg, and cardiac index rose from 27.3 to 49.3 ml/min/100 g b. w. during the convulsion stage. Blood flow increased in the brain and in the heart by 140-700%, whereas in most of the internal organs, it decreased by 40-94% [67]. The venous tone was estimated by circulatory filling pressure during a short arrest of circulation (by inflating a balloon in the right atrium).…”

Audiogenic Seizures - Biological Phenomenon and Experimental Model of Human Epilepsies

“…Blood pressure increased from 103 till 178 mm Hg and cardiac index rose from 27.3 to 49.3 ml/min/100 g b. w. during convulsion stage. Blood flow was increased in the brain and in the heart by 140-700%, whereas in most of internal organs it was decreased by 40-94% (Ivashev et al, 1991)... The venous tone was estimated by means of circulatory filling pressure during a short arrest of circulation by inflating a balloon in the right atrium.…”