Propofol induces neuronal apoptosis in infant rat brain under hypoxic conditions

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 29-35

  Tu, Shengfen ^a,b   Wang, Xiaoyi ^c   Yang, Fei ^a   Chen, Bailin ^a   Wu, Shengde ^a   He, Wenfei ^a   Yuan, Xingang ^a   Zhang, Hua ^c   Chen, Ping ^c   Wei, Guanghui ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Apoptosis; Hypoxia; Propofol

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; LIPID EMULSION; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL;

AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXIA; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; NEURONS; PROPOFOL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 80051578923     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2011.06.017     Document Type: Article

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