The vulnerable developing brain

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2641-2642

  Giussani, Dino A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN METABOLISM; CAROTID BODY; CATABOLISM; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS HYPOXIA; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRIMATES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 79952592129     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1019726108     Document Type: Note

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