Mitochondrial protectant pramipexole prevents sex-specific long-term cognitive impairment from early anaesthesia exposure in rats

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Boscolo, A ^a,b   Ori, C ^b   Bennett, J ^c,d   Wiltgen, B ^a   Jevtovic Todorovic, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Parkinson's Disease Centre   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anaesthetics gases, nitrous oxide; anaesthetics volatile, isoflurane; memory; neonates; oxygen, toxicity; recovery, cognitive

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; PRAMIPEXOLE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 84878533650     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet073     Document Type: Article

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