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. 1976 Aug;39(8):756–766. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.39.8.756

Evidence for the presence of a vasoactive substance (possibly involved in the aetiology of cerebral arterial spasm) in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage.

D J Boullin, J Mohan, D G Grahame-Smith
PMCID: PMC492444  PMID: 956862

Abstract

Cerebrospinal fluid from patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage and cerebral arterial spasm contracted the isolated basilar artery and potentiated contractions produced by 5-hydroxytryptamine, noradrenaline, and six prostaglandins. The unidentified substance in cerebrospinal fluid probably plays a role in the aetiology of cerebral arterial spasm.

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