Isoflurane increases neuronal cell death vulnerability by downregulating miR-214.

Since accumulating evidence suggests the application of anesthetics may increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD), we investigated the cytotoxicity of inhaled general anesthesia in neurons and its underlying mechanism. Using primary cultured rat hippocampal neurons as the study model, here...

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Main Authors: Hailiang Yan, Tao Xu, Hongfeng Zhao, Kuo-Chieh Lee, Hoau-Yan Wang, Yan Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3568119?pdf=render