Hypoxia potentiates endotoxin-induced allopregnanolone concentrations in the newborn brain

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 258-267

  Billiards, Saraid S ^a   Nguyen, Phuong N ^a   Scheerlinck, Jean Pierre ^b   Phillips, David J ^a   Canny, Benedict J ^a   Walker, David W ^a   Hirst, Jonathan J ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Infection; Lipopolysaccharide; Neonate; Neuroprotection; Neurosteroids

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOXIA; LAMB; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANOXIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CYTOKINES; ENDOTOXINS; HYDROCORTISONE; PREGNANOLONE; SHEEP; STEROIDS;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33751184196     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094146     Document Type: Article

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