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Objective To test whether IL 6 has any harmful effects on developing brain in neonatal rats, and try to illustrate its probable pathogenesis. Methods The neonatal rats were injected with different doses of rhIL 6 intravenously or intraventricularly. Animals were killed at 24 or 48 hours after injection to observe the pathological changes of brain tissues. Results Among animals killed at 24 hours after the intravenous injection with 1 000 U or 5 000 U rhIL 6, perivascular edema and ischaemic changes of neurons appear in their brain. There is no difference in the pathological changes in the brain of the rats treated with different doses. 72 hours after the intravenous injection, edema is still obvious, and ischaemic cell change in neurons aggravates into homogenizing cell change. When the brains are examined at 24 hours after intraventricular injection with 1 000 U rhIL 6, the pathological changes are the same as those treated by intravenous injection. Subarachnoid hemorrhage occurs more frequently in animals examined at 24 hours after 5 000 U rhIL 6 intraventricular injection than in those with intravenous injection. Besides, there appears local demyelination in the brain examined at 72 hours after the intraventricular injection of 5 000 u rhIL 6. Conclusion IL 6 by intravenous injection and intraventricular injection has harmful effects on the brain of neonatal rats.
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Objective To investigate the relationship between serum prolactin(PRL) level and neonatal seizures and to evaluate the clinical significance of PRL as a neonatal seizures marker to diagnose neonatal seizures. Methods Thirty five newborn infants with acute encephalopathy were divided into two groups: the ictal group included infants with typical clinical symptom and/or electrographic seizures and the nonictal group are those without electrographic seizures or clinical behaviors. The control group included 17 newborns. Serum PRL levels were determinded by immulite assay system at 15～30 min postictally; 2 h postictally and 2～4 days after the end of seizures. Results In the ictal group, serum PRL levels were significantly higher at 15～30 min[(302.6?93.5) ?g/L] than that of 2 h [(128.1?71.4) ?g/L], nonictal[(101.2?31.4)?g/L and (89.9?36.2) ?g/L] and control group[(73.3?20.7) ?g/L and (68.6?29.5)?g/L], P