Effects of dexamethasone in hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in the neonatal rat.
Effects of dexamethasone in hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in the neonatal rat.
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地塞米松对新生大鼠缺氧缺血性脑损伤的影响。
DOI:
10.1159/000242058
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发表时间:
1984
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S. Yagel
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作者:
Denis I. Altman;Richard S. K. Young;S. Yagel
To clarify the effects of corticosteroids in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, 7-day-old rats were subjected to unilateral common carotid artery ligation and hypoxia (Levine procedure) after being injected subcutaneously with saline, low-dose dexamethasone (4 mg/kg) or high-dose dexamethasone (40 mg/kg). Neither low-dose nor high-dose dexamethasone ameliorated the brain edema, lactacidemia, or hypoglycemia associated with hypoxia-ischemia. In addition, dexamethasone did not alter the pattern of neuropathologic damage or reduce the fall in brain high-energy phosphates. Finally, high-dose dexamethasone-treated animals experienced significantly more mortality than did either saline- or low-dose dexamethasone-treated animals. In this model of neonatal hypoxia-ischemia, dexamethasone did not confer any significant cerebral protection.