Nursing Markedly Protects Postpartum Mice From Stroke: Associated Central and Peripheral Neuroimmune Changes and a Role for Oxytocin

Nursing Markedly Protects Postpartum Mice From Stroke: Associated Central and Peripheral Neuroimmune Changes and a Role for Oxytocin

Recent studies demonstrate significant neuroimmune changes in postpartum females, a period that also carries an increased risk of stroke. Oxytocin, a major hormone upregulated in the brains of nursing mothers, has been shown to both modulate neuroinflammation and protect against stroke. In the prese...

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Main Authors: Creed M. Stary, Lijun Xu, Ludmilla A. Voloboueva, Marcela Alcántara-Hernández, Oiva J. Arvola, Juliana Idoyaga, Rona G. Giffard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
MCAO
FACS
ischemia
innate
adaptive
focal ischemia
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2019.00609/full

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