Dexamethasone decreases neurological sequelae and caspase activity

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 146-150

  Irazuzta, Jose ^a   Pretzlaff, Robert K ^b   DeCourten Myers, Gabrielle ^c   Zemlan, Frank ^d   Zingarelli, Basilia ^e  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Section of Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Caspase; Meningitis; Neurobehavioral performance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; INJECTION; INOCULATION; MALE; MENINGITIS; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN INJURIES; CASPASES; DEXAMETHASONE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 12944308824     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2462-7     Document Type: Article

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