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The Role of the Sympathetic Nervous System in Preventing Brain Damage During Perinatal Asphyxia

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OXYGEN: Basis of the Regulation of Vital Functions in the Fetus

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Perinatal asphyxia is one of the major causes of cerebral hemorrhage, which is the most common form of brain damage in the neonatal period (Pape and Wigglesworth 1979). Since a number of clinical studies have shown that babies born prematurely are much more susceptible to cerebral hemorrhage than mature babies born near term, it is likely that there are defense mechanisms against the adverse effects of asphyxia on the integrity of the fetal brain that mature during development.

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    Wolfgang Künzel (Gf. Direktor der Frauenklinik und Hebammenschule) (Gf. Direktor der Frauenklinik und Hebammenschule)

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Jensen, A. (1992). The Role of the Sympathetic Nervous System in Preventing Brain Damage During Perinatal Asphyxia. In: Künzel, W., Kirschbaum, M. (eds) OXYGEN: Basis of the Regulation of Vital Functions in the Fetus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77469-0_10

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