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Cerebrovascular regulation and neonatal brain injury.
- Source :
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Pediatric neurology [Pediatr Neurol] 1991 Jan-Feb; Vol. 7 (1), pp. 3-12. - Publication Year :
- 1991
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Abstract
- Neuropathology occurring as a result of hemodynamic injury occurs in up to 25% of preterm newborns of less than 1,500 gm birth weight and in a much smaller, but nonetheless meaningful, proportion of more mature infants. Abnormalities in cerebrovascular regulation have been proposed as major contributing factors to both ischemic and hemorrhagic injuries in the newborn brain. In this review we explore several factors that play a role in cerebrovascular regulation in the immature brain and relate them to what is known about vascular regulation in the mature brain and to the types of pathology that occur in the newborn brain. One goal in this "decade of the brain" should be to increase our basic and clinical knowledge about the cerebrovasculature of the newborn in order to enhance our ability to predict and prevent perinatal brain injury.
- Subjects :
- Homeostasis physiology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular physiopathology
Risk Factors
Asphyxia Neonatorum physiopathology
Brain Damage, Chronic physiopathology
Cerebrovascular Circulation physiology
Fetal Hypoxia physiopathology
Hemodynamics physiology
Hypoxia, Brain physiopathology
Infant, Premature, Diseases physiopathology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0887-8994
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Pediatric neurology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 2029291
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0887-8994(91)90098-6