Withdrawal of magnesium causes vasospasm while elevated magnesium produces relaxation of tone in cerebral arteries

Neurosci Lett. 1980 Dec;20(3):323-7. doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(80)90168-8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Basilar Artery / drug effects*
  • Basilar Artery / physiopathology
  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Cerebral Arteries / drug effects*
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Ischemic Attack, Transient / etiology
  • Magnesium / blood
  • Magnesium / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Magnesium / pharmacology*
  • Magnesium Deficiency / complications
  • Male
  • Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / drug effects*
  • Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / metabolism

Substances

  • Magnesium
  • Calcium