The mechanisms and treatment of asphyxial encephalopathy

Acute post-asphyxial encephalopathy occurring around the time of birth remains a major cause of death and disability. The recent seminal insight that allows active neuroprotective treatment is that even after profound asphyxia (the primary phase), many brain cells show initial recovery from the insu...

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Main Authors: Guido eWassink, Eleanor R. Gunn, Paul P. Drury, Laura eBennet, Alistair Jan Gunn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2014.00040/full