Dexamethasone and betamethasone protect against lipopolysaccharide-induced brain damage in neonatal rats

Pediatric Research

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 552-558

  Pang, Yi ^a   Fan, Lir Wan ^a   Zheng, Baoying ^a   Campbell, Leigh R ^a   Cai, Zhengwei ^a   Rhodes, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BETAMETHASONE; BRAIN INJURIES; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84859909033     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2012.9     Document Type: Article

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