Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 193-200 , June 2010

Conditioning-like Brief Neonatal Hypoxia Improves Cognitive Function and Brain Tissue Properties with Marked Gender Dimorphism in Adult Rats

  • Nicolas Martin

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U954, Nancy-Université, Faculté de Médecine, Nancy, France
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  • Grégory Pourié, PhD

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U954, Nancy-Université, Faculté de Médecine, Nancy, France
    • ,
  • Carine Bossenmeyer-Pourié, PhD

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U954, Nancy-Université, Faculté de Médecine, Nancy, France
    • ,
  • Rozat Jazi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U954, Nancy-Université, Faculté de Médecine, Nancy, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Louis Guéant, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U954, Nancy-Université, Faculté de Médecine, Nancy, France
    • (EN)IRCCS, Oasi Maria S.S., Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, 94018 Troina, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Jean-Luc Daval, PhD, INSERM U954, Faculté de Médecine, 9 avenue de la Forêt de Haye, 54500 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France
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  • Paul Vert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Néonatale, Maternité Régionale Universitaire, Nancy, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Luc Daval, PhD

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U954, Nancy-Université, Faculté de Médecine, Nancy, France

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 The reported work was performed at INSERM U954, Nancy-Université, Faculté de Médecine, Nancy, France.

PII: S0146-0005(10)00017-0

doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2010.02.003

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 193-200 , June 2010

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