by SmartTots | Feb 3, 2015 | Research Articles
Introduction Recent animal and human epidemiological studies suggest that early childhood exposure to anesthesia may have adverse effects on brain development. As more than 50% of pregnant women in the United States and one-third in the United Kingdom receive regional...
by SmartTots | Jan 12, 2015 | Research Articles
The Journal of Neuroscience, January 2015. DiGruccio MR, Joksimovic S, Joksovic PM, Lunardi N, Salajegheh R, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Beenhakker MP, Goodkin HP, Todorovic SM Abstract Prevailing literature supports the idea that common general anesthetics (GAs) cause...
by SmartTots | Jan 11, 2015 | Research Articles
Neurotoxicology, January 2015. Ji MH, Qiu LL, Yang JJ, Zhang H, Sun XR, Zhu SH, Li WY, Yang JJ Abstract Sevoflurane, a commonly used inhaled anesthetic, can induce neuronal apoptosis in the developing rodent brain and correlate with functional neurological...
by SmartTots | Jan 10, 2015 | Research Articles
Mol Med Rep, January 2015. Han XD, Li M, Zhang XG, Xue ZG, Cang J Abstract Sevoflurane is an inhaled anesthetic that is widely used in clinical practice, particularly for pediatric anesthesia. Previous studies have suggested that sevoflurane may induce neurotoxicity...
by SmartTots | Jan 9, 2015 | Research Articles
Anesthesiology, January 2015. Amrock LG, Starner ML, Murphy KL, Baxter MG Abstract BACKGROUND: Neonatal exposure to general anesthetics may pose significant neurocognitive risk. Human epidemiological studies demonstrate higher rates of learning disability among...
