Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Birth Asphyxia: Prevalence, Causes, Clinical Progression and Neuroprotection
(Daniel Alonso-Alconada, K Jane Hassell and Nicola J Robertson, Institute for Women’s Health, University College London, London, UK)

Hearing Impairment after Perinatal Asphyxia
(Ze Dong Jiang, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom, and Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China)

Perinatal Infection as Risk Factor of Neonatal Encephalopathy
(Paolo Montaldo, Luisa Montaldo, Badr Chaban, Sudhin Thayyil, Centre for Perinatal Neuroscience, Imperial College London, and others)

Atmospheric Asphyxia: Pathophysiology and Forensic Diagnosis
(Hiroshi Kinoshita, Naoko Tanaka, Mostofa Jamal, Ayaka Takakura, Shoji Kimura, Kunihiko Tsutsui and Kiyoshi Ameno, Department of Forensic Medicine, and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki, Kita, Kagawa, Japan)

Assessment of Infant Mattress Firmness to Prevent Suffocation: a Do-It-Yourself Safety Test for Caregivers
(Ronald L. Somers, Discipline of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia)

Dopaminergic Markers after Perinatal Asphyxia: Neurotransmitter Release, Receptors Expression and Cellular Outcome
(S. J. López-Pérez, Neurochemistry and Neurophysiology Laboratory; Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology; University Center for Biological and Agricultural Sciences, University of Guadalajara; Guadalajara, Jalisco, México)

Index