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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Main Authors: Ming Xiong, Li Zhang, Jing Li, Jean Eloy, Jiang Hong Ye, Alex Bekker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-03-01
Series:Brain Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/6/2/11