Antenatal steroids decrease blood-brain barrier permeability in the ovine fetus

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 45-2, 1999, Pages

  Stonestreet, Barbara S ^a   Petersson, Katherine H ^a   Sadowska, Grazyna B ^a   Pettigrew, Karen D ^b   Patlak, Clifford S ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Corticosteroids; Sheep; aminoisobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0033046067     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.2.r283     Document Type: Article

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