title: Cerebral Palsy-Trends in Epidemiology and Recent Development in Prenatal Mechanisms of Disease, Treatment, and Prevention.
abstract: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common motor disability in childhood. This syndrome is the manifestation of intrauterine pathologies, intrapartum complications, and the postnatal sequel, especially among preterm neonates. A double hit model theory is proposed suggesting that an intrauterine condition along with intrapartum or postnatal insult lead to the development of CP. Recent reports demonstrated that treatment during the process of preterm birth such as magnesium sulfate and postnatal modalities such as cooling may prevent or reduce the prevalence of this syndrome. Moreover, animal models demonstrated that postnatal treatment with anti-inflammatory drugs coupled with nanoparticles may affect the course of the disease in pups with neuroinflammation. This review will describe the changes in the epidemiology of this disease, the underlying prenatal mechanisms, and possible treatments that may reduce the prevalence of CP and alter the course of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Ben Gurion University of the Negev , Beer Sheva , Israel.
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stavsky
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Ben Gurion University of the Negev , Beer Sheva , Israel.
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mor
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bari Aldo Moro , Bari , Italy.
authors.forename: Salvatore Andrea
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mastrolia
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, School of Medicine, Ben Gurion University of the Negev , Beer Sheva , Israel.
authors.forename: Shirley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Greenbaum
authors.affiliation: Systems Biology of Reproduction Lendulet Group, Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest, Budapest, Hungary; Maternity Private Department, Kutvolgyi Clinical Block, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; First Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Nandor Gabor
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Than
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, Maternity Department "D", Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, School of Medicine, Ben Gurion University of the Negev , Beer Sheva , Israel.
authors.forename: Offer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Erez
keywords: N-acetyl cysteine; birth asphyxia; cerebral palsy; intrauterine infection; magnesium sulfate; nanoparticles; neuroinflammation; progesterone