Sex differences in brain MRI abnormalities and neurodevelopmental outcomes in a rat model of neonatal hypoxia-ischemia

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 647-657

  Huang, Hui Zhi ^a   Wen, Xiao Hong ^a   Liu, Hui ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

hypoxic ischemic brain injury; long term neural development; MRI; neurodevelopmental outcomes; SD rat; sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GAIT; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH STATUS; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LATENT PERIOD; LENGTH; MALE; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; MORTALITY RATE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; REFLEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPASTIC PARESIS; SWIMMING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MODEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84939555099     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2015.1047016     Document Type: Article

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