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ArticleNeural plasticity2016

Effects of Sex and Mild Intrainsult Hypothermia on Neuropathology and Neural Reorganization following Neonatal Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury in Rats.

Amanda L Smith, Ted S Rosenkrantz, R Holly Fitch

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Article in Neural plasticity, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Therapeutic hypothermia promotes cerebral blood flow recovery and brain homeostasis after resuscitation from cardiac arrest in a rat model.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2019
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  11. Role of Hypoxia-Inducible Factors 1α (HIF1α) in SH-SY5Y Cell Autophagy Induced by Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2018
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amanda L SmithDepartment of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Division, The University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
Ted S RosenkrantzDepartment of Pediatrics/Neonatology, The University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
R Holly FitchDepartment of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Division, The University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
University of Connecticut · USUConn Health · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoxia ischemia (HI) is a recognized risk factor among late-preterm infants, with HI events leading to varied neuropathology and cognitive/behavioral deficits. Studies suggest a sex difference in the incidence of HI and in the severity of subsequent behavioral deficits (with better outcomes in females). Mechanisms of a female advantage remain unknown but could involve sex-specific patterns of compensation to injury. Neuroprotective hypothermia is also used to ameliorate HI damage and attenuate behavioral deficits. Though currently prescribed only for HI in term infants, cooling has potential intrainsult applications to high-risk late-preterm infants as well. To address this important clinical issue, we conducted a study using male and female rats with a postnatal (P) day 7 HI injury induced under normothermic and hypothermic conditions. The current study reports patterns of neuropathology evident in postmortem tissue. Results showed a potent benefit of intrainsult hypothermia that was comparable for both sexes. Findings also show surprisingly different patterns of compensation in the contralateral hemisphere, with increases in hippocampal thickness in HI females contrasting reduced thickness in HI males. Findings provide a framework for future research to compare and contrast mechanisms of neuroprotection and postinjury plasticity in both sexes following a late-preterm HI insult.

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Hypothermia, InducedNeuronal PlasticityAnimalsAnimals, NewbornFemaleHippocampusHypoxia-Ischemia, BrainMalePyramidal CellsRatsRats, WistarSex Characteristics

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PMID27042359
PMCPMC4794561
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