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SUBMITTER: Martinez-Orgado J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7830676 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Martínez-Orgado José J Villa María M Del Pozo Aarón A
Frontiers in pharmacology 20210111
Each year, more than two million babies die or evolve to permanent invalidating sequelae worldwide because of Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury (HIBI). There is no current treatment for that condition except for therapeutic hypothermia, which benefits only a select group of newborns. Preclinical studies offer solid evidence of the neuroprotective effects of Cannabidiol (CBD) when administered after diffuse or focal HI insults to newborn pigs and rodents. Such effects are observable in the short and ...[more]