10 results match your criteria: "USA. Cynthia.bearer@UHhospitals.org.[Affiliation]"

The history of diapers and their environmental impact.

Pediatr Res

July 2024

Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.

This article examines diaper practices around the world throughout history. This article reviews the innovation of the modern diaper and the environmental effects of disposable diapers.

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The effect of early postnatal auditory stimulation on outcomes in preterm infants.

Pediatr Res

November 2024

Dept of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44016, USA.

Preterm infants are deprived of in utero sensory stimulation during the third trimester, an important period of central nervous system development. As a result, maturational trajectories are often reduced in infants born preterm. One such system affected is the brain including the auditory and respiratory control pathways.

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Choline supplementation mitigates effects of bilirubin in cerebellar granule neurons in vitro.

Pediatr Res

July 2024

Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.

Background: Premature infants may suffer from high levels of bilirubin that could lead to neurotoxicity. Bilirubin has been shown to decrease L1-mediated ERK1/2 signaling, L1 phosphorylation, and L1 tyrosine 1176 dephosphorylation. Furthermore, bilirubin redistributes L1 into lipid rafts (LR) and decreases L1-mediated neurite outgrowth.

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Thirty-two steps for getting your R01: advice to early career investigators.

Pediatr Res

March 2023

Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.

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Neonatal hypoxia ischemia redistributes L1 cell adhesion molecule into rat cerebellar lipid rafts.

Pediatr Res

November 2022

Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.

Background: Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a devastating disease with lifelong disabilities. Hypothermia is currently the only treatment. At term, the neonatal cerebellum may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of HIE.

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Bilirubin inhibits lipid raft dependent functions of L1 cell adhesion molecule in rat pup cerebellar granule neurons.

Pediatr Res

May 2021

Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.

Background: The mechanism of bilirubin neurotoxicity is poorly understood. We hypothesize that bilirubin inhibits the function of lipid rafts (LR), microdomains of the plasma membrane critical for signal transduction. To test this hypothesis, we measured the effect of free bilirubin (Bf) between 7.

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High concentrations of urinary ethanol metabolites in neonatal intensive care unit infants.

Pediatr Res

December 2020

Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Background: Infants in the neonatal intensive care unit may be exposed to ethanol via medications that contain ethanol as an excipient and through inhalation of ethanol vapor from hand sanitizers. We hypothesized that both pathways of exposure would result in elevated urinary biomarkers of ethanol.

Methods: Urine samples were collected from infants in incubators and in open cribs.

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