[The treatment, by imipramine, of the hemodynamic, functional and biochemical consequences of an experimental cranio-cervical trauma in rats].

The experimental reproduction of a cranio-cervical traumatism in the rat and consecutive troubles prove the organicity of the post-concussional syndrom. This syndrom seems to be due to an acceleration of the catabolism of cerebral norepinephrin, and the treatment by imipramine seems to inhibit the decrease of its rate.