Chorioamnionitis induced by intraamniotic lipopolysaccharide resulted in an interval-dependent increase in central nervous system injury in the fetal sheep

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437.e1-437.e8

  Gavilanes, A W Danilo ^a   Strackx, Eveline ^a,b   Kramer, Boris W ^a   Gantert, Markus ^c   Van den Hove, Daniël ^b   Steinbusch, Hellen ^b   Garnier, Yves ^c   Cornips, Erwin ^a   Steinbusch, Harry ^b   Zimmermann, Luc ^a   Vles, Johan ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

central nervous system; chorioamnionitis; fetal inflammation; lipopolysaccharide; oligodendrocytes

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SHEEP; SPINAL CORD; STAINING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 62749121528     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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