Sex-dependent consequences of neonatal brain hypoxia-ischemia in the rat

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 409-421

  Netto, Carlos Alexandre ^a   Sanches, Eduardo ^b   Odorcyk, Felipe Kawa ^a   Duran Carabali, Luz Elena ^a   Weis, Simone Nardin ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cell death pathways; mitochondria; neonatal hypoxia ischemia; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CELL DEATH; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INFLAMMATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROSCIENCE; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; MALE; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84994246240     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23828     Document Type: Review

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