EARLY gestational exposure to isoflurane causes persistent cell loss in the dentate gyrus of adult male rats.
Arvind PalanisamyGregory CrosbyDeborah J CulleyPublished in: Behavioral and brain functions : BBF (2017)
Our results show that maternal isoflurane anesthesia in rodents causes region-specific cell loss in the hippocampus of adult male offspring. These changes may, in part, account for the behavioral deficits reported in adult rats exposed to isoflurane in utero.