COLD INJURY TO NERVES IS NOT DUE TO ISCHEMIA ALONE

Citation
Jp. Jia et al., COLD INJURY TO NERVES IS NOT DUE TO ISCHEMIA ALONE, Brain, 121, 1998, pp. 989-1001
Citations number
103
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
BrainACNP
ISSN journal
00068950
Volume
121
Year of publication
1998
Part
5
Pages
989 - 1001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8950(1998)121:<989:CITNIN>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The effect of cold on nerve fibre populations may be quite selective. Thus it was possible in the present study, with precise timing of a no n-freezing cold nerve injury, to destroy myelinated fibres, but leave unmyelinated fibres intact, The aetiology of this cold-induced selecti ve peripheral nerve pathology remains controversial, but recent eviden ce suggests that ischaemia plays an important role. To investigate thi s matter further, me have sought to determine whether ischaemia alone might account for such discrete nerve pathology, in a series of non-fr eezing cold injury paradigms. Compared with previous 'pure' ischaemic peripheral nerve models, notable differences were found in the present paradigms (early post-ischaemic luxury perfusion and severe nerve pat hology), suggesting a multifactorial aetiology, Nonetheless a tight co rrelation was evident, with increasing duration of cold injury resulti ng in a progressively more severe reduction in post-cold nerve blood h ow Given these findings, we would propose that the pathological basis of non-freezing cold nerve injury is one of ischaemia, accelerated and enhanced by direct cold injury.