Different apoptotic mechanisms are activated in male and female brains after neonatal hypoxia-ischaemia.

C, Zhu; F, Xu; X, Wang; M, Shibata; Y, Uchiyama; K, Blomgren; H, Hagberg

doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03639.x

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Different apoptotic mechanisms are activated in male and female brains after neonatal hypoxia-ischaemia.

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Zhu C

Xu F

Wang X

Abstract

Sex-related brain injury was evaluated after unilateral hypoxia-ischaemia (HI) in C57/BL6 mice on postnatal day (P) 5, 9, 21 or 60, corresponding developmentally to premature, term, juvenile and adult human brains. There was no sex difference in brain injury when the insult was severe, as evaluated ...

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