Effects of maternal antenatal glucocorticoid treatment on apoptosis in the ovine fetal cerebral cortex

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-189

  Malaeb, Shadi N ^a,b   Hovanesian, Virginia ^a,c   Sarasin, Matthew D ^a,b   Hartmann, Silvia M ^a,b   Sadowska, Grazyna B ^a,b   Stonestreet, Barbara S ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Brain; Caspase; Development; Fetus; Maternal; Sheep; Steroids

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; NEURONS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP;

EID: 63049091590     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21825     Document Type: Article

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