by SmartTots | Apr 9, 2019 | News
Participants of the recent SmartTots Workshop for Preclinical Research in Anesthetic Neurotoxicity. The workshop brought together a diverse, multi-disciplinary group of researchers in an effort to develop a common framework for pre-clinical studies. The overarching...
by SmartTots | Mar 31, 2019 | Events
May 20–22, 2019 Aurora, Colorado. For more information, click here.
by SmartTots | Feb 28, 2019 | Research Articles
Concerns about anaesthesia-related neurological injury in young children have been increasing among parents, health-care providers, and regulatory organisations. These concerns were first prompted by animal studies that showed accelerated apoptosis and neuronal death...
by SmartTots | Feb 26, 2019 | Research Articles
Abstract Epidemiological studies showed that isoflurane, a general anesthetic widely used in surgery including those for the children, is associated with impairment of neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and...
by SmartTots | Feb 26, 2019 | Research Articles
Abstract As one of the most popular anesthetics, sevoflurane is widely used in pediatric anesthesia. Unfortunately, an increasing number of studies have demonstrated that sevoflurane has potential neurotoxic effects on the developing brain and cognition, even in...
