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Medicina (Buenos Aires)
Print version ISSN 0025-7680On-line version ISSN 1669-9106
Abstract
CUESTAS, Eduardo; CACERES, Alfredo and PALACIO, Santiago. Animal models of injury and repair in developing brain. Medicina (B. Aires) [online]. 2007, vol.67, n.2, pp.177-182. ISSN 0025-7680.
Brain injury is a major contributor to neonatal morbidity and mortality, a considerable group of these children will develop long term neurological sequels. Despite the great clinical and social significance and the advances in neonatal medicine, no therapy yet does exist that prevent or decrease detrimental effects in cases of neonatal brain injury. Our objective was to review recent research in relation to the hypothesis for repair mechanism in the developing brain, based in animal models that show developmental compensatory mechanisms that promote neural and functional plasticity. A better understanding of these adaptive mechanisms will help clinicians to apply knowledge derived from animals to human clinical situations.
Keywords : Injury; Repair; Developing brain.