Dexamethasone aggravates hippocampal apoptosis and learning deficiency in pneumococcal meningitis in infant rats.

Leib, Sthephen L; Heimgartner, Chris; Bifrare, Yoeng-Delphine; Loeffler, Jutta M; Täauber, Martin G

Leib, Sthephen L; Heimgartner, Chris; Bifrare, Yoeng-Delphine; Loeffler, Jutta M; Täauber, Martin G.

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Leib SL; Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Friedbühlstrasse 51, 3010 Bern, Switzerland. stephen.leib@ifik.unibe.ch

Pediatr Res ; 54(3): 353-7, 2003 Sep.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12788989

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Apoptosis/physiology; Dexamethasone/metabolism; Glucocorticoids/metabolism; Hippocampus/pathology; Maze Learning/physiology; Meningitis, Pneumococcal/metabolism; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Hippocampus/cytology; Hippocampus/metabolism; Neurons/cytology; Neurons/metabolism; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Dexamethasone / Apoptosis / Maze Learning / Glucocorticoids / Hippocampus / Meningitis, Pneumococcal Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Pediatr Res Year: 2003 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Switzerland Country of publication: United States

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