Maternal Noninfectious Fever Enhances Cell Proliferation and Microglial Activation in the Neonatal Rat Dentate Gyrus.
CONCLUSIONS: IL-6 is sufficient to induce maternal systemic temperature increases in near-term pregnant rats as well as neuronal, glial, and neuroinflammatory changes in the dentate gyrus of the neonatal hippocampus. These alterations might disrupt fetal neurodevelopment during a vulnerable period.
PMID: 31094787 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Anesthesia and Analgesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Pancaro C, Boulanger-Bertolus J, Segal S, Watson CJ, St Charles I, Mashour GA, Marchand JE Tags: Anesth Analg Source Type: research
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