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SUBMITTER: Herrera MI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7539062 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Herrera María Inés MI Kobiec Tamara T Kölliker-Frers Rodolfo R Otero-Losada Matilde M Capani Francisco F
Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience 20200923
Perinatal asphyxia (PA) is an obstetric complication occurring when the oxygen supply to the newborn is temporally interrupted. This health problem is associated with high morbimortality in term and preterm neonates. It severely affects the brain structure and function, involving cortical, hippocampal, and striatal loss of neurons. Nearly 25% of PA survivor newborns develop several neurodevelopmental disabilities. Behavioral alterations, as well as the morphological and biochemical pathways invo ...[more]