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SUBMITTER: Leonetti C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6397700 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leonetti Camille C Back Stephen A SA Gallo Vittorio V Ishibashi Nobuyuki N
Trends in neurosciences 20190104 3
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is among the most common birth defects. Children with CHD frequently display long-term intellectual and behavioral disability. Emerging evidence indicates that cardiac anomalies lead to a reduction in cerebral oxygenation, which appears to profoundly impact on the maturation of cerebral regions responsible for higher-order cognitive functions. In this review we focus on the potential mechanisms by which dysregulation of cortical neuronal development during early li ...[more]