Fed: Melatonin may hold key to preventing brain damage: study

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: March 16, 2005 | Copyright information

AAP General News (Australia)
03-16-2005
Fed: Melatonin may hold key to preventing brain damage: study

By Janelle Miles, National Medical Correspondent

BRISBANE, March 16 AAP - A popular treatment for jet lag may hold the key to preventing
brain damage and death caused by oxygen starvation to babies during childbirth, Australian
research suggests.

Monash University scientists have shown giving pregnant sheep the hormone melatonin
before depriving the foetus of oxygen can protect the lambs from brain damage which in
human babies can result in cerebral palsy, learning difficulties and even ...

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