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AIM: To investigate the effects of diazoxide, an ATP-sensitive K + channel opener on the ?-calpain activation, c-Fos and c- Jun expression in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic rat brain. METHODS:The animal model of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HIBI) was made in the 7-day -old SD rats. Diazoxide was injected into the left lateral ventricle prior or po st hypoxic-ischemia (HI) insults. Western blot was applied to detect the integra ted density (ID) of the nuclear c-Fos and c-Jun at 4h, and the cleavage of cytos olic ?-calpain at 24 h after HI insults. RESULTS: Low c-Fos and c-Jun expressions from cortical and hippocampal samples were observed in the tw o diazoxide groups, and significant differences in their expressions were found by comparison with the HI controls (P