Tachycardia and hypertension enhance tracer efflux from the spinal cord.
Shinuo LiuLynne E BilstonMarcus A StoodleySarah J HemleyPublished in: Fluids and barriers of the CNS (2021)
Arterial pulsations have profound effects on spinal cord interstitial fluid homeostasis, generating greater tracer efflux than intrathoracic pressure changes that occur over the respiratory cycle, demonstrated by increased craniocaudal CSF tracer movement in the spinal cord parenchyma.