The rise and fall of anaesthesia-related neurotoxicity and the immature developing human brain

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 280-283

  Hansen, T G ^a,b   Lonnqvist P A ^c,d  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; SEVOFLURANE;

ANXIETY; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PATHOLOGY;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES;

EID: 84956614991     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12678     Document Type: Review

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