Nursing Markedly Protects Postpartum Mice From Stroke: Associated Central and Peripheral Neuroimmune Changes and a Role for Oxytocin

Recent studies demonstrate significant neuroimmune changes in postpartum females, a period that also carries an increased risk of stroke. Oxytocin, a major hormone upregulated in the brains of nursing mothers, has been shown to both modulate neuroinflammation and protect against stroke. In the prese...

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Published in:Front Neurosci
Main Authors: Stary, Creed M., Xu, Lijun, Voloboueva, Ludmilla A., Alcántara-Hernández, Marcela, Arvola, Oiva J., Idoyaga, Juliana, Giffard, Rona G.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Neuroscience
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6637858/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31354401
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00609
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