Developmental and Functional Brain Impairment in Offspring from Preeclampsia-Like Rats.

ABSTRACT: Preeclampsia is associated with developmental delay in infants and with an increased risk of various diseases in adulthood, including hypertension and epilepsy. It has been reported that several organs show developmental retardation and functional deficiency in offspring of preeclamptic rats. However, the developmental and functional changes in brains of the offspring of preeclamptic rats remain unknown. Here, we established a preeclampsia-like rat model induced using Nω-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) to analyze the developmental and functional changes in brains of the offspring. Body and brain weights were decreased in the L-NAME group at postnatal day 0 (P0). However, there were no significant differences between the L-NAME and control groups in brain and body weights at P56. Upo

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4752589 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature