Cooling and asphyxia differentially affect augmented noradrenaline turnover in the brain of the externalized rat foetus

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 385-389

  Ehrstrom M ^a   Pequignot, J ^b   Pequignot, J M ^b   Lagercrantz, H ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

3 Methoxy 4 hydroxy phenyl ethyl glucol; Arousal; Asphyxia; Cooling; Foetus; Locus coeruleus; Newborn; Noradrenaline

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL SULFATE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FETUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOCUS CERULEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TURNOVER TIME;

EID: 0031879627     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1998.t01-1-00354.x     Document Type: Article

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