Repeated brief isoflurane anesthesia during early postnatal development produces negligible changes on adult behavior in male mice.

Brain development is a complex process regulated by genetic programs and activity-dependent neuronal connectivity. Anesthetics profoundly alter neuronal excitability, and anesthesia during early brain development has been consistently associated with neuroapoptosis, altered synaptogenesis, and persi...

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Main Authors: Marko Rosenholm, Emmi Paro, Hanna Antila, Vootele Võikar, Tomi Rantamäki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5381906?pdf=render