title: Impact of anaesthetics and surgery on neurodevelopment: an update.
abstract: Accumulating preclinical and clinical evidence suggests the possibility of neurotoxicity from neonatal exposure to general anaesthetics. Here, we review the weight of the evidence from both human and animal studies and discuss the putative mechanisms of injury and options for protective strategies. Our review identified 55 rodent studies, seven primate studies, and nine clinical studies of interest. While the preclinical data consistently demonstrate robust apoptosis in the nervous system after anaesthetic exposure, only a few studies have performed cognitive follow-up. Nonetheless, the emerging evidence that the primate brain is vulnerable to anaesthetic-induced apoptosis is of concern. The impact of surgery on anaesthetic-induced brain injury has not been adequately addressed yet. The clinical data, comprising largely retrospective cohort database analyses, are inconclusive, in part due to confounding variables inherent in these observational epidemiological approaches. This places even greater emphasis on prospective approaches to this problem, such as the ongoing GAS trial and PANDA study.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, UK. r.sanders@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hassell
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D018681:Anesthetics, General / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000473:pathology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D020258:Neurotoxicity Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D018681:Anesthetics, General
keywords: brain, anaesthesia, molecular effects; nerve, damage (postoperative); nerve, neurotransmitters; nerve, regeneration
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