Effect of Propofol in the Immature Rat Brain on Short- and Long-Term Neurodevelopmental Outcome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Karen, Tanja ^a   Schlager, Gerald W ^a   Bendix, Ivo ^a   Sifringer, Marco ^b   Herrmann, Ralf ^a   Pantazis, Christos ^a   Enot, David ^a   Keller, Matthias ^a   Kerner, Thoralf ^c   Felderhoff Mueser, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Asklepios Klinik Harburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PROPOFOL; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CASPASE 3; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; ISOENZYMES; MEMORY; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROPOFOL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84878521903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064480     Document Type: Article

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