Developmental synaptogenesis and general anesthesia: A kiss of death?

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 18, Issue 38, 2012, Pages 6225-6231

  Jevtovic Todorovic, Vesna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cognitive development; Immature brain; Learning and memory; Neuronal synapses; Pediatric anesthesiology

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; DEXMEDETOMIDINE;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DENDRITIC SPINE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84873956734     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161212803832380     Document Type: Review

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