Partial neural protection with prophylactic low-dose melatonin after asphyxia in preterm fetal sheep

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 126-135

  Drury, Paul P ^a   Davidson, Joanne O ^a   Bennet, Laura ^a   Booth, Lindsea C ^a   Tan, Sidhartha ^b   Fraser, Mhoyra ^a   Van Den Heuij, Lotte G ^a   Gunn, Alistair J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

asphyxia; brain; ethanol; melatonin; neuroprotection; preterm fetus

Indexed keywords

2',3' CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE 3' PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ALCOHOL; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LACTIC ACID; MELATONIN; OLIGODENDROCYTE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN WEIGHT; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EWE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG WEIGHT; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROGLIA; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SEIZURE; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; UMBILICAL CORD; VASOCONSTRICTION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84891827773     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2013.174     Document Type: Article

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