TY - JOUR AR - NNB-2020-1-107 TI - A Review of Pre-Clinical Studies for the Treatment of Neonatal Brain Injury AU - Bryan, Kolb AU - Preston , Williams JO - Neurology and Neurobiology PY - 2020 DA - Tue 07, Apr 2020 SN - 2613-7828 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.NNB.2020.01.07 UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/a-review-of-pre-clinical-studies_NNB-2020-1-107 KW - Perinatal injury, post-injury therapy, neural plasticity, FGF-2 AB - The developing brain is especially sensitive to perturbations such as hypoxia-ischemia (HI) or surgical ablation in the perinatal period. We first review and contrast the effects perinatal HI and surgical perturbation in laboratory rats. The developing brain is also very responsive to a wide range of other experiences that can induce remarkable neural plasticity in both the normal and perinatally injured brain. We next review the factors that influence this plasticity in both the normal and perinatal injured. We consider treatments that stimulate cerebral and behavioural plasticity, especially in the motor systems. The goal is to draw attention to possible treatments that could be translated from perinatal surgical ablation to the HI model and eventually to the clinic.