Repeated prenatal corticosteroid administration delays myelination of the corpus callosum in fetal sheep

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 415-425

  Huang, W L ^a   Harper, C G ^b   Evans, S F ^c   Newnham, J P ^c   Dunlop, S A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axon; Corpus callosum; Corticosteroids; Myelination; Preterm birth; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FETUS (ANATOMY); MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROSCOPY; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BETAMETHASONE; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CELL COUNT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LUNG; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYELIN SHEATH; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SAFETY; SHEEP;

EID: 0034985968     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(01)00026-0     Document Type: Article

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