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Molecular (real time PCR) and histological (immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, TUNEL assay) techniques were applied to the eyes of all experimental groups collected at 6, 12, 24, and 48 h, and 6 days after birth. PA resulted in a significant reduction in the amplitude of the a- and b-wave and oscillatory potentials (OP) of the electroretinogram. All animals treated with hypothermia had a significant correction of the a-wave and OP, but the b-wave was fully corrected in the HYP group but only partially in the HYP-PA group. The number of TUNEL-positive cells increased sharply in the ganglion cell layer of the PA animals and this increase was significantly prevented by both hypothermia treatments. Expression of the cold-shock proteins, cold-inducible RNA binding protein (CIRP) and RNA binding motif protein 3 (RBM3), was undetectable in retinas of the CTL and PA groups, but they were highly expressed in ganglion neurons and cells of the inner nuclear layer of the HYP and HYP-PA groups. 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