ISSN:
1432-0533
Keywords:
Blood vessel
;
Brain
;
Development
;
Hyperoxia
;
Hamster
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Litters of experimental and control hamsters were killed on postnatal days 3, 4, 7, 14, 21, and 28 following 7 days of exposure to 85% oxygen at normabaric pressure. Using analysis of variance (ANOVA), light microscopy quantitation of the number of blood vessel profiles per unit area in the region of the frontal cerebral cortex demonstrated that the combined effect of treatment and age on the animals produced a highly statistically significant difference (P〈0.001) in the numbers of blood vessel profiles. The statistically separated treatment effect was also found to be significant (P〈0.05). The data are summarized in Table 1. Ultrastructural analysis of animals exposed to oxygen only, i.e., killed without being returned to the normal air environment, demonstrated severe signs of vaso-obliteration. Animals which were returned to a normal atmosphere following 7 days in oxygen showed a progressive decrease in the signs of vaso-obliteration. This present study demonstrated the marked similarity between the effects of hyperoxia on the CNS and on the neuro-retina.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00690456
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