Surge of Peripheral Arginine Vasopressin in a Rat Model of Birth Asphyxia

Mammalian birth is accompanied by a period of obligatory asphyxia, which consists of hypoxia (drop in blood O2 levels) and hypercapnia (elevation of blood CO2 levels). Prolonged, complicated birth can extend the asphyxic period, leading to a pathophysiological situation, and in humans, to the diagno...

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Main Authors: Milla Summanen, Susanne Bäck, Juha Voipio, Kai Kaila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncel.2018.00002/full