Progesterone improves motor coordination impairments caused by postnatal hypoxic-ischemic brain insult in neonatal male rats

Piao, Hongying; Ishikawa, Hiroshi; Kobayashi, Tatsuya; Kitajo, Keiko; Yamaguchi, Atsushi; Koga, Kaori; Shozu, Makio

doi:10.1016/j.pedneo.2024.03.012

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Progesterone improves motor coordination impairments caused by postnatal hypoxic-ischemic brain insult in neonatal male rats

Published in Pediatrics & Neonatology • Aug 22, 2024

Authors:

Hongying Piao

Hiroshi Ishikawa

Tatsuya Kobayashi

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Hypoxic-ischemic (HI) insult in infants induces brain injury and results in motor coordination impairments associated with cerebral palsy; however, preventive measures for HI brain injury in preterm infants remain unclear. We investigated the impact of progesterone (P4) in a rat HI insul...

Subject

Insult

Medicine

Cerebral palsy

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