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In the presence of active vasoconstriction, any increase in extraluminal (intracranial) pressure (ICP) resulted in a substantial increase in arterial resistance and subsequent reduction of flow. This F-TMP relationship depended only on the initial degree of constriction and was independent of the vasoconstrictor used to achieve this constriction and of the artery in which this constriction was produced. A review of the literature suggests that human cerebral arteries normally exhibit only mild constrictions in response to subarachnoid blood during the chronic phase of spasm. In the present study, a mild constriction in the absence of increased ICP or a moderate increase in ICP (45 mm Hg) in the absence of constriction produced minor reductions in arterial diameter and an average flow reduction of only 5% to 10%. However, when ICP was increased to 45 mm Hg in the presence of a mild constriction, severe arterial narrowing resulted and flow was reduced by 50%. 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