Vol. 31 (3) 2010 Neuro endocrinology letters

Maternal treatment of rats with the new pyridoindole antioxidant during pregnacy and lactation resulting in improved offspring hippocampal resistance to ischemia in vitro.

OBJECTIVE: Damage to the developing brain may be caused by maternal environment, nutritional deficiencies, failure of protective mechanisms, etc. Further, the developing brain may be damaged by intrauterine ischemia or by ischemia in newborns complicated by perinatal asphyxia. There is an effort to find agents with neuroprotective effec.....