Discovery suggests way to block fetal brain damage produced by oxygen deprivation
Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
Examining brain damage that occurs when fetuses in the womb are deprived of oxygen, researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered that damage does not occur randomly but is linked to the specific action of a naturally occurring fatty molecule called LPA, acting through a receptor that transfers information into young brain cells.