Propofol-Induced Neurotoxicity in the Fetal Animal Brain and Developments in Modifying These Effects—An Updated Review of Propofol Fetal Exposure in Laboratory Animal Studies
In the past twenty years, evidence of neurotoxicity in the developing brain in animal studies from exposure to several general anesthetics has been accumulating. Propofol, a commonly used general anesthetic medication, administered during synaptogenesis, may trigger widespread apoptotic neurodegener...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-03-01
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Series: | Brain Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/6/2/11 |