Maternal dexamethasone and EEG hyperactivity in preterm fetal sheep

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3823-3835

  Davidson, Joanne O ^a   Quaedackers, Josine S L T ^a   George, Sherly A ^a   Gunn, Alistair Jan ^a   Bennet, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BREEDING; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; EWE; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROGLIA; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SIGNAL DETECTION; THETA RHYTHM; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; DEXAMETHASONE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; FETUS; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SLEEP;

EID: 79960830690     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.212043     Document Type: Article

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