Abstract
Effects of blood glucose concentration on biochemical and neurologic outcome following lateral fluid percussion-induced traumatic injury of moderate severity (2.8 atm) in rats were studied using radioactive phosphorus (31P) magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and a battery of tests designed to evaluate posttraumatic neurologic motor function. Prior to injury, male Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 18) were randomly assigned to receive either dextrose, 2 ml 50% (wt/vol), zinc insulin (10 IU/kg) or no treatment, thus dividing the animals into hyperglycemic, hypoglycemic, and normoglycemic groups, respectively. Animals were then injured, monitored for 4 h by 31P MRS before being allowed to recover, and assessed for posttraumatic motor function. Following brain injury, there was no difference in brain intracellular pH between groups over the 4-h posttraumatic MRS monitoring period. Similarly, intracellular free magnesium, cytosolic phosphorylation potential, and neurologic outcome posttrauma were not significantly different between groups. We conclude that, unlike models of ischemia, blood glucose concentration may not be a significant factor affecting outcome in traumatic brain injury.
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