Oxygen causes cell death in the developing brain

Oxygen causes cell death in the developing brain

Substantial neurologic morbidity occurs in survivors of premature birth. Premature infants are exposed to partial oxygen pressures that are fourfold higher compared to intrauterine conditions, even if no supplemental oxygen is administered. Here we report that short exposures to nonphysiologic oxyge...

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Main Authors: Ursula Felderhoff-Mueser, Petra Bittigau, Marco Sifringer, Bozena Jarosz, Elzbieta Korobowicz, Lieselotte Mahler, Turid Piening, Axel Moysich, Tilman Grune, Friederike Thor, Rolf Heumann, Christoph Bührer, Chrysanthy Ikonomidou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2004-11-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
Subjects:
Apoptosis
Development
Infant rat
Oxidative stress
Survival
Oxygen
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096999610400172X

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