EARLY gestational exposure to isoflurane causes persistent cell loss in the dentate gyrus of adult male rats

Abstract Background Our previous research showed that 4 h of maternal anesthesia with isoflurane during early gestation in pregnant rats leads to a deficit in spatial memory of adult male offspring. Because spatial memory is predominantly a hippocampally-mediated task, we asked the question if early...

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Main Authors: Arvind Palanisamy, Gregory Crosby, Deborah J. Culley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Behavioral and Brain Functions
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12993-017-0132-5