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. 1980 Sep 12;209(4462):1242-5.
doi: 10.1126/science.7403881.

Cerebral arteriolar damage by arachidonic acid and prostaglandin G2

Cerebral arteriolar damage by arachidonic acid and prostaglandin G2

H A Kontos et al. Science. .

Abstract

Application of arachidonic acid or prostaglandin G(2) to the brain surface of anesthetized cats induced cerebral arteriolar damage. Scavengers of free oxygen radicals inhibited this damage. Prostaglandin H(2), prostaglandin E(2), and 11,14,17-eicosatrienoic acid did not produce arteriolar damage. It appears that increased prostaglandin synthesis produces cerebral vascular damage by generating free oxygen radicals.

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