Neuroprotective Effect of Dexmedetomidine on Hyperoxia-Induced Toxicity in the Neonatal Rat Brain

Dexmedetomidine is a highly selective agonist of α2-receptors with sedative, anxiolytic, analgesic, and anesthetic properties. Neuroprotective effects of dexmedetomidine have been reported in various brain injury models. In the present study, we investigated the effects of dexmedetomidine on neurode...

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Main Authors: Marco Sifringer, Clarissa von Haefen, Maria Krain, Nadine Paeschke, Ivo Bendix, Christoph Bührer, Claudia D. Spies, Stefanie Endesfelder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/530371