Chronic fetal hypoxia produces selective brain injury associated with altered nitric oxide synthases

Y Dong, Z Yu, Y Sun, H Zhou, J Stites, K Newell… - American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of chronic hypoxia on
the nitric oxide synthase isoenzymes in specific brain structures. STUDY DESIGN:: Time …

Involvement of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in ongoing fetal brain injury following near-term rabbit hypoxia-ischemia

S Rao, Z Lin, A Drobyshevsky, L Chen, X Ji… - Developmental …, 2011 - karger.com
Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) and nitric oxide (NO) are implicated in neuronal
injury following acute hypoxia-ischemia (HI). Our hypothesis was that NO from nNOS is …

Intrauterine hypoxia–ischemia alters nitric oxide synthase expression and activity in fetal and neonatal rat brains

Z Cai, JB Hutchins, PG Rhodes - Developmental brain research, 1998 - Elsevier
The effects of intrauterine hypoxia–ischemia (HI) on nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity and
on expression of NOS isoforms were investigated in fetal and neonatal rat brains. Rat …

Immature brain injury via peroxynitrite production induced by inducible nitric oxide synthase after hypoxia‐ischemia in rats

S Ikeno, N Nagata, S Yoshida… - Journal of Obstetrics …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To determine whether, and if so how, iNOS expresses and affects brain injury
induced by hypoxia‐ischemia in an immature brain. Material and Methods: Seven‐day‐old …

Sustained hypoxia-ischemia results in reactive nitrogen and oxygen species production and injury in the premature fetal rabbit brain

S Tan, F Zhou, VG Nielsen, Z Wang… - … of Neuropathology & …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
Free radical-mediated injury is implicated in hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy observed in
neonates. We investigated in utero free radical production and injury following hypoxia …

Impact of inhaled nitric oxide on white matter damage in growth-restricted neonatal rats

H Pham, AP Duy, J Pansiot, B Bollen, J Gallego… - Pediatric …, 2015 - nature.com
Background: Fetal growth restriction is the second leading cause of perinatal morbidity and
mortality, and neonates with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) have increased …

Neonatal mice lacking neuronal nitric oxide synthase are less vulnerable to hypoxic–ischemic injury

DM Ferriero, DM Holtzman, SM Black… - Neurobiology of …, 1996 - Elsevier
We hypothesized that elimination of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) by targeted
disruption of the nNOS gene would result in amelioration of damage seen after hypoxia …

Expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase‐2 mRNA in brain damage induced by lipopolysaccharide and intermittent hypoxia–ischemia in …

L Yang, H Sameshima, M Yamaguchi… - Journal of Obstetrics …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
and intermittent hypoxia–ischemia (HI) on brain damage in neonatal rats. Methods: Seven …

Differential effect of intrauterine hypoxia on caspase 3 and DNA fragmentation in fetal guinea pig hearts and brains

LSC Evans, H Liu, LP Thompson - Reproductive Sciences, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this study is to quantify the effect of intrauterine hypoxia (HPX) and the role of
nitric oxide (NO) on the apoptotic enzyme, caspase 3, and DNA fragmentation in fetal heart …

Inhaled nitric oxide protects males but not females from neonatal mouse hypoxia–ischemia brain injury

C Zhu, Y Sun, J Gao, X Wang, N Plesnila… - Translational stroke …, 2013 - Springer
It was recently discovered that while under normal conditions inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) does
not affect cerebral blood flow, it selectively dilates arterioles in the ischemic penumbra …