title: [Pathogenesis and prognosis of neonatal brain damage: introductory remarks].
abstract: Neonatal brain damage, including the damage in the fetal period, is caused by many factors such as hypoxia, infection, trauma, intoxication and metabolic disorders. According to epidemiological studies, perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain damage shows the highest incidence, and needs a new strategy for its prevention and treatment. This symposium is focused on the recent advances of basic research and technological science in the pathogenesis, neuroimagings, near-infrared spectroscopy, developmental neurophysiology, and intervention in perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain damage, taking into consideration on the long term prognosis in each section.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takashima
mesh_terms: D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis