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Research Article| Volume 54, ISSUE 2, P279-285, May 1982

The blood-brain barrier in rats fed on diets high or low in saturated/unsaturated fat ratio

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-510X(82)90188-5
The blood-brain barrier in rats fed on diets high or low in saturated/unsaturated fat ratio
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      Abstract

      The product of the permeability × vascular surface rate area (PA) of the blood-brain barrier to [14C]sucrose has been measured in rats raised on synthetic diets in which the saturated/unsaturated fat constitution was controlled at high or low levels. Gas-liquid chromatography demonstrated marked differences in brain fatty acid constitution between the dietary groups.
      No statistically significant difference was found between the permeability measurements in rats maintained on any of the synthetic diets. nor was there any difference from rats raised on a standard laboratory pellet food.
      The opportunity was taken to look at 3 other properties of brain that might be affected by lipid constitution. There was no change in the form of the membranous intracellular inclusions that can be induced by intracerebral injections of suramin, and Fink-Heimer staining of degenerating axons, which is inhibited by fat extraction, worked equally well on each diet group. The sleep time after an anaesthetic injection of alcohol was not significantly changed.
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      Publication history

      Accepted: November 11, 1981
      Received in revised form: November 2, 1981
      Received: September 2, 1981

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-510X(82)90188-5

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      © 1982 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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