Pharmacotherapies for apnoea of prematurity: Time to pause and consider targeted sex-specific strategies?

Abstract

Developmental plasticity in the neural network orchestrating respiratory control is such that pre-term birth is associated with the elaboration of dysrhythmic breathing patterns characterized by periodic suppression of the central drive to breathe, evoking recurrent respiratory pauses termed central apnoeas.

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