Rafael Bandeira Fabres, Débora Sterzeck Cardoso, Brian Aranibar Aragón, Bruna Petrucelli Arruda, Pamela Pinheiro Martins, Juliane Midori Ikebara, Alexander Drobyshevsky, Alexandre Hiroaki Kihara, Luciano Stürmer de Fraga, Carlos Alexandre Netto, Silvia Honda Takada
Oxygen deprivation is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in newborns, occurring with a higher prevalence in preterm infants, reaching 20 % to 50 % mortality in newborns in the perinatal period. When they survive, 25 % exhibit neuropsychological pathologies, such as learning difficulties, epilepsy, and cerebral palsy. White matter injury is one of the main features found in oxygen deprivation injury, which can lead to long-term functional impairments, including cognitive delay and motor deficits...
June 1, 2023: Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences