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Kingsford O, Yehya M, Zieman G, Knievel KL. Can Long-Term Outcomes of Posttraumatic Headache be Predicted? Curr Pain Headache Rep 2024:10.1007/s11916-024-01254-2. [PMID: 38713368 DOI: 10.1007/s11916-024-01254-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/31/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Headache is one of the most common symptoms of traumatic brain injury, and it is more common in patients with mild, rather than moderate or severe, traumatic brain injury. Posttraumatic headache can be the most persistent symptom of traumatic brain injury. In this article, we review the current understanding of posttraumatic headache, summarize the current knowledge of its pathophysiology and treatment, and review the research regarding predictors of long-term outcomes. RECENT FINDINGS To date, posttraumatic headache has been treated based on the semiology of the primary headache disorder that it most resembles, but the pathophysiology is likely to be different, and the long-term prognosis differs as well. No models exist to predict long-term outcomes, and few studies have highlighted risk factors for the development of acute and persistent posttraumatic headaches. Further research is needed to elucidate the pathophysiology and identify specific treatments for posttraumatic headache to be able to predict long-term outcomes. In addition, the effect of managing comorbid traumatic brain injury symptoms on posttraumatic headache management should be further studied. Posttraumatic headache can be a persistent symptom of traumatic brain injury, especially mild traumatic brain injury. It has traditionally been treated based on the semiology of the primary headache disorder it most closely resembles, but further research is needed to elucidate the pathophysiology of posttraumatic headache and determine risk factors to better predict long-term outcomes.
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- Olivia Kingsford
- Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, 350 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA.
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Karakaya E, Oleinik N, Edwards J, Tomberlin J, Barker RB, Berber B, Ericsson M, Alsudani H, Ergul A, Beyaz S, Lemasters JJ, Ogretmen B, Albayram O. p17/C18-ceramide-mediated mitophagy is an endogenous neuroprotective response in preclinical and clinical brain injury. PNAS NEXUS 2024; 3:pgae018. [PMID: 38328780 PMCID: PMC10847724 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Repeat concussions (or repetitive mild traumatic brain injury [rmTBI]) are complex pathological processes consisting of a primary insult and long-term secondary complications and are also a prerequisite for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Recent evidence implies a significant role of autophagy-mediated dysfunctional mitochondrial clearance, mitophagy, in the cascade of secondary deleterious events resulting from TBI. C18-ceramide, a bioactive sphingolipid produced in response to cell stress and damage, and its synthesizing enzyme (CerS1) are precursors to selective stress-mediated mitophagy. A transporter, p17, mediates the trafficking of CerS1, induces C18-ceramide synthesis in the mitochondrial membrane, and acts as an elimination signal in cell survival. Whether p17-mediated mitophagy occurs in the brain and plays a causal role in mitochondrial quality control in secondary disease development after rmTBI are unknown. Using a novel repetitive less-than-mild TBI (rlmTBI) injury paradigm, ablation of mitochondrial p17/C18-ceramide trafficking in p17 knockout (KO) mice results in a loss of C18-ceramide-induced mitophagy, which contributes to susceptibility and recovery from long-term secondary complications associated with rlmTBI. Using a ceramide analog with lipid-selenium conjugate drug, LCL768 restored mitophagy and reduced long-term secondary complications, improving cognitive deficits in rlmTBI-induced p17KO mice. We obtained a significant reduction of p17 expression and a considerable decrease of CerS1 and C18-ceramide levels in cortical mitochondria of CTE human brains compared with age-matched control brains. These data demonstrated that p17/C18-ceramide trafficking is an endogenous neuroprotective mitochondrial stress response following rlmTBI, thus suggesting a novel prospective strategy to interrupt the CTE consequences of concussive TBI.
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- Eda Karakaya
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
- Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
- Department of Biology, Eskisehir Technical University, Tepebasi/Eskisehir 26555, Turkey
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- Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Cancer Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA
- College of Science, University of Basrah, Basra 61004, Iraq
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
- Ralph H. Jackson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Cancer Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
- Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
- Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
- Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
- Ralph H. Jackson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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Liu G, He M, Wu C, Lv P, Sun H, Wang H, Xin X, Liao H. Axonal injury mediated by neuronal p75NTR/TRAF6/JNK pathway contributes to cognitive impairment after repetitive mTBI. Exp Neurol 2024; 372:114618. [PMID: 38029807 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2023.114618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Repetitive mild traumatic brain injury (rmTBI) is one of the leading causes of cognitive disorders. The impairment of axonal integrity induced by rmTBI is speculated to underlie the progression of cognitive dysfunction. However, few studies have uncovered the cellular mechanism regulating axonal impairment. In this study, we showed that after rmTBI, the activation of neuronal p75NTR signaling contributes to abnormal axonal morphology and impaired axonal transport, which further leads to cognitive dysfunction in mice. By neuron-specific knockdown of p75NTR or treatment with p75NTR inhibitor LM11A-31, we observed better recovery of axonal integrity and cognitive function after brain trauma. Further analysis revealed that p75NTR relies on its adaptor protein TRAF6 to activate downstream signaling via TAK1 and JNK. Overall, our results provide novel insight into the role of neuronal p75NTR in axonal injury and suggest that p75NTR may be a promising target for cognitive function recovery after rmTBI.
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- Gang Liu
- New drug screening center, Jiangsu Center for Pharmacodynamics Research and Evaluation, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- New drug screening center, Jiangsu Center for Pharmacodynamics Research and Evaluation, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- New drug screening center, Jiangsu Center for Pharmacodynamics Research and Evaluation, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, China
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- New drug screening center, Jiangsu Center for Pharmacodynamics Research and Evaluation, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- New drug screening center, Jiangsu Center for Pharmacodynamics Research and Evaluation, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, China.
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- New drug screening center, Jiangsu Center for Pharmacodynamics Research and Evaluation, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; Chongqing Innovation Institute of China Pharmaceutical University, Chongqing 401135, China.
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Krieg JL, Leonard AV, Turner RJ, Corrigan F. Identifying the Phenotypes of Diffuse Axonal Injury Following Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain Sci 2023; 13:1607. [PMID: 38002566 PMCID: PMC10670443 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13111607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is a significant feature of traumatic brain injury (TBI) across all injury severities and is driven by the primary mechanical insult and secondary biochemical injury phases. Axons comprise an outer cell membrane, the axolemma which is anchored to the cytoskeletal network with spectrin tetramers and actin rings. Neurofilaments act as space-filling structural polymers that surround the central core of microtubules, which facilitate axonal transport. TBI has differential effects on these cytoskeletal components, with axons in the same white matter tract showing a range of different cytoskeletal and axolemma alterations with different patterns of temporal evolution. These require different antibodies for detection in post-mortem tissue. Here, a comprehensive discussion of the evolution of axonal injury within different cytoskeletal elements is provided, alongside the most appropriate methods of detection and their temporal profiles. Accumulation of amyloid precursor protein (APP) as a result of disruption of axonal transport due to microtubule failure remains the most sensitive marker of axonal injury, both acutely and chronically. However, a subset of injured axons demonstrate different pathology, which cannot be detected via APP immunoreactivity, including degradation of spectrin and alterations in neurofilaments. Furthermore, recent work has highlighted the node of Ranvier and the axon initial segment as particularly vulnerable sites to axonal injury, with loss of sodium channels persisting beyond the acute phase post-injury in axons without APP pathology. Given the heterogenous response of axons to TBI, further characterization is required in the chronic phase to understand how axonal injury evolves temporally, which may help inform pharmacological interventions.
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- Justin L Krieg
- Translational Neuropathology Laboratory, School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5000, Australia
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- Translational Neuropathology Laboratory, School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5000, Australia
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- Translational Neuropathology Laboratory, School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5000, Australia
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- Translational Neuropathology Laboratory, School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5000, Australia
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Krieg JL, Leonard AV, Tuner RJ, Corrigan F. Characterization of Traumatic Brain Injury in a Gyrencephalic Ferret Model Using the Novel Closed Head Injury Model of Engineered Rotational Acceleration (CHIMERA). Neurotrauma Rep 2023; 4:761-780. [PMID: 38028274 PMCID: PMC10659026 DOI: 10.1089/neur.2023.0047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results from mechanical force to the brain and leads to a series of biochemical responses that further damage neurons and supporting cells. Clinically, most TBIs result from an impact to the intact skull, making closed head TBI pre-clinical models highly relevant. However, most of these closed head TBI models use lissencephalic rodents, which may not transduce biomechanical load in the same manner as gyrencephalic humans. To address this translational gap, this study aimed to characterize acute axonal injury and microglial responses in ferrets-the smallest gyrencephalic mammal. Injury was induced in male ferrets (Mustela furo; 1.20-1.51 kg; 6-9 months old) with the novel Closed Head Injury Model of Engineered Rotational Acceleration (CHIMERA) model. Animals were randomly allocated to either sham (n = 4), a 22J (joules) impact (n = 4), or a 27J impact (n = 4). Axonal injury was examined histologically with amyloid precursor protein (APP), neurofilament M (RMO 14.9) (RMO-14), and phosphorylated tau (AT180) and the microglial response with ionized calcium-binding adaptor molecule 1 at 24 h post-injury in gray and white matter regions. Graded axonal injury was observed with modest increases in APP and RMO-14 immunoreactivity in the 22J TBI group, mostly within the corpus callosum and fornix and more extensive diffuse axonal injury encompassing gray matter structures like the thalamus and hypothalamus in the 27J group. Accompanying microglial activation was only observed in the 27J group, most prominently within the white matter tracts in response to the larger amounts of axonal injury. The 27J, but not the 22J, group showed an increase in AT180 within the base of the sulci post-injury. This could suggest that the strain may be highest in this region, demonstrating the different responses in gyrencephalic compared to lissencephalic brains. The CHIMERA model in ferrets mimic many of the histopathological features of human closed head TBI acutely and provides a promising model to investigate the pathophysiology of TBI.
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- Justin L. Krieg
- Translational Neuropathology Laboratory, School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Translational Neuropathology Laboratory, School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Translational Neuropathology Laboratory, School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Translational Neuropathology Laboratory, School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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Sharkey JM, Quarrington RD, Krieg JL, Kaukas L, Turner RJ, Leonard A, Jones CF, Corrigan F. Evaluating the effect of post-traumatic hypoxia on the development of axonal injury following traumatic brain injury in sheep. Brain Res 2023; 1817:148475. [PMID: 37400012 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2023.148475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
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Damage to the axonal white matter tracts within the brain is a key cause of neurological impairment and long-term disability following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Understanding how axonal injury develops following TBI requires gyrencephalic models that undergo shear strain and tissue deformation similar to the clinical situation and investigation of the effects of post-injury insults like hypoxia. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of post-traumatic hypoxia on axonal injury and inflammation in a sheep model of TBI. Fourteen male Merino sheep were allocated to receive a single TBI via a modified humane captive bolt animal stunner, or sham surgery, followed by either a 15 min period of hypoxia or maintenance of normoxia. Head kinematics were measured in injured animals. Brains were assessed for axonal damage, microglia and astrocyte accumulation and inflammatory cytokine expression at 4 hrs following injury. Early axonal injury was characterised by calpain activation, with significantly increased SNTF immunoreactivity, a proteolytic fragment of alpha-II spectrin, but not with impaired axonal transport, as measured by amyloid precursor protein (APP) immunoreactivity. Early axonal injury was associated with an increase in GFAP levels within the CSF, but not with increases in IBA1 or GFAP+ve cells, nor in levels of TNFα, IL1β or IL6 within the cerebrospinal fluid or white matter. No additive effect of post-injury hypoxia was noted on axonal injury or inflammation. This study provides further support that axonal injury post-TBI is driven by different pathophysiological mechanisms, and detection requires specific markers targeting multiple injury mechanisms. Treatment may also need to be tailored for injury severity and timing post-injury to target the correct injury pathway.
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- Jessica M Sharkey
- Translational Neuropathology Laboratory, School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia
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- Adelaide Spinal Research Group, Centre for Orthopaedic & Trauma Research, Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Translational Neuropathology Laboratory, School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia
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- Translational Neuropathology Laboratory, School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia
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- Translational Neuropathology Laboratory, School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia
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- Translational Neuropathology Laboratory, School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia
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- Adelaide Spinal Research Group, Centre for Orthopaedic & Trauma Research, Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Department of Orthopaedics & Trauma, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Translational Neuropathology Laboratory, School of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia.
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Berger L, Holshouser B, Nichols JG, Pivonka-Jones J, Ashwal S, Bartnik-Olson B. White Matter Metabolite Ratios Predict Cognitive Outcome in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. Metabolites 2023; 13:778. [PMID: 37512485 PMCID: PMC10385309 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13070778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2023] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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The prognostic ability of global white matter and gray matter metabolite ratios following pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their relationship to 12-month neuropsychological assessments of intelligence quotient (IQ), attention, and memory is presented. Three-dimensional proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) in pediatric subjects with complicated mild (cMild), moderate, and severe TBI was acquired acutely (6-18 days) and 12 months post-injury and compared to age-matched typically developing adolescents. A global linear regression model, co-registering MRSI metabolite maps with 3D high-resolution magnetic resonance images, was used to identify longitudinal white matter and gray matter metabolite ratio changes. Acutely, gray matter NAA/Cr, white matter NAA/Cr, and white matter NAA/Cho ratios were significantly lower in TBI groups compared to controls. Gray matter NAA/Cho was reduced only in the severe TBI group. At 12 months, all metabolite ratios normalized to control levels in each of the TBI groups. Acute gray matter and white matter NAA ratios were significantly correlated to 12-month assessments of IQ, attention, and memory. These findings suggest that whole brain gray matter and white matter metabolite ratios reflect longitudinal changes in neuronal metabolism following TBI, which can be used to predict neuropsychological outcomes in pediatric subjects.
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- Luke Berger
- School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA
- Division of Child Neurology, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA
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Lu Y, Jarrahi A, Moore N, Bartoli M, Brann DW, Baban B, Dhandapani KM. Inflammaging, cellular senescence, and cognitive aging after traumatic brain injury. Neurobiol Dis 2023; 180:106090. [PMID: 36934795 PMCID: PMC10763650 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2023.106090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with mortality and morbidity worldwide. Accumulating pre-clinical and clinical data suggests TBI is the leading extrinsic cause of progressive neurodegeneration. Neurological deterioration after either a single moderate-severe TBI or repetitive mild TBI often resembles dementia in aged populations; however, no currently approved therapies adequately mitigate neurodegeneration. Inflammation correlates with neurodegenerative changes and cognitive dysfunction for years post-TBI, suggesting a potential association between immune activation and both age- and TBI-induced cognitive decline. Inflammaging, a chronic, low-grade sterile inflammation associated with natural aging, promotes cognitive decline. Cellular senescence and the subsequent development of a senescence associated secretory phenotype (SASP) promotes inflammaging and cognitive aging, although the functional association between senescent cells and neurodegeneration is poorly defined after TBI. In this mini-review, we provide an overview of the pre-clinical and clinical evidence linking cellular senescence with poor TBI outcomes. We also discuss the current knowledge and future potential for senotherapeutics, including senolytics and senomorphics, which kill and/or modulate senescent cells, as potential therapeutics after TBI.
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- Yujiao Lu
- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, United States of America.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, United States of America
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, United States of America
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- Department of Oral Biology and Diagnostic Services, Dental College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, United States of America.
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Mot YY, Moses EJ, Mohd Yusoff N, Ling KH, Yong YK, Tan JJ. Mesenchymal Stromal Cells-Derived Exosome and the Roles in the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2023; 43:469-489. [PMID: 35103872 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-022-01201-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) could result in life-long disabilities and death. Though the mechanical insult causes primary injury, the secondary injury due to dysregulated responses following neuronal apoptosis and inflammation is often the cause for more detrimental consequences. Mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) has been extensively investigated as the emerging therapeutic for TBI, and the functional properties are chiefly attributed to their secretome, especially the exosomes. Delivering these nanosize exosomes have shown to ameliorate post-traumatic injury and restore brain functions. Recent technology advances also allow engineering MSC-derived exosomes to carry specific biomolecules of interest to augment their therapeutic outcome. In this review, we discuss the pathophysiology of TBI and summarize the recent progress in the applications of MSCs-derived exosomes, the roles and the signalling mechanisms underlying the protective effects in the treatment of the TBI.
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- Yee Yik Mot
- Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, BertamKepala Batas, 13200, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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- Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, BertamKepala Batas, 13200, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
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- Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, BertamKepala Batas, 13200, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, BertamKepala Batas, 13200, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
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Dhote VV, Samundre P, Upaganlawar AB, Ganeshpurkar A. Gene Therapy for Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury: Challenges in Resolving Long-term Consequences of Brain Damage. Curr Gene Ther 2023; 23:3-19. [PMID: 34814817 DOI: 10.2174/1566523221666211123101441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
The gene therapy is alluring not only for CNS disorders but also for other pathological conditions. Gene therapy employs the insertion of a healthy gene into the identified genome to replace or replenish genes responsible for pathological disorder or damage due to trauma. The last decade has seen a drastic change in the understanding of vital aspects of gene therapy. Despite the complexity of traumatic brain injury (TBI), the advent of gene therapy in various neurodegenerative disorders has reinforced the ongoing efforts of alleviating TBI-related outcomes with gene therapy. The review highlights the genes modulated in response to TBI and evaluates their impact on the severity and duration of the injury. We have reviewed strategies that pinpointed the most relevant gene targets to restrict debilitating events of brain trauma and utilize vector of choice to deliver the gene of interest at the appropriate site. We have made an attempt to summarize the long-term neurobehavioral consequences of TBI due to numerous pathometabolic perturbations associated with a plethora of genes. Herein, we shed light on the basic pathological mechanisms of brain injury, genetic polymorphism in individuals susceptible to severe outcomes, modulation of gene expression due to TBI, and identification of genes for their possible use in gene therapy. The review also provides insights on the use of vectors and challenges in translations of this gene therapy to clinical practices.
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- Vipin V Dhote
- Faculty of Pharmacy, VNS Group of Institutions, Bhopal, MP, 462044, India
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, VNS Group of Institutions, Bhopal, MP, 462044, India
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- SNJB's Shree Sureshdada Jain College of Pharmacy, Chandwad, Nasik, Maharashtra, 423101, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shri Ram Institute of Technology, Jabalpur, MP, India
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Role of integrin and its potential as a novel postmortem biomarker in traumatic axonal injury. Int J Legal Med 2022; 137:843-849. [PMID: 36562807 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-022-02938-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Traumatic axonal injury (TAI) accounts for a large proportion of the mortality of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The diagnosis of TAI is currently of limited use for medicolegal purposes. It is known that axons in TAI are diffusely damaged by secondary processes other than direct head injury. However, the physiopathological mechanism of TAI is still elusive. The present study used RGD peptide, an antagonist of the mechanotransduction protein integrin, to explore the role of integrin-transmitted mechanical signalling in the pathogenesis of rat TAI. The rats were subjected to a linearly accelerating load, and changes in beta-amyloid precursor protein (β-APP) expression, skeleton ultrastructure, skeleton protein neurofilament light (NF-L), and α-tubulin in the brainstem were observed, indicating that RGD could relieve the severity of axonal injury in TAI rats. In addition, the expression of β-integrin was stronger and centralized in the brainstem of the deceased died from TAI compared to other nonviolent causes. This study examined the pathophysiology and biomechanics of TAI and assessed the role of integrin in the injury of microtubules and neurofilaments in TAI. Thus, we propose that integrin-mediated cytoskeletal injury plays an important role in TAI and that integrin has the potential as a biomarker for TAI.
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Mustafi SM, Yang HC, Harezlak J, Meier TB, Brett BL, Giza CC, Goldman J, Guskiewicz KM, Mihalik JP, LaConte SM, Duma SM, Broglio SP, McCrea MA, McAllister TW, Wu YC. Effects of White-Matter Tract Length in Sport-Related Concussion: A Tractography Study from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium. J Neurotrauma 2022; 39:1495-1506. [PMID: 35730116 PMCID: PMC9689766 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2021.0239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Sport-related concussion (SRC) is an important public health issue. White-matter alterations after SRC are widely studied by neuroimaging approaches, such as diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Although the exact anatomical location of the alterations may differ, significant white-matter alterations are commonly observed in long fiber tracts, but are never proven. In the present study, we performed streamline tractography to characterize the association between tract length and white-matter microstructural alterations after SRC. Sixty-eight collegiate athletes diagnosed with acute concussion (24-48 h post-injury) and 64 matched contact-sport controls were included in this study. The athletes underwent diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in 3.0 T MRI scanners across three study sites. DTI metrics were used for tract-based spatial statistics to map white-matter regions-of-interest (ROIs) with significant group differences. Whole-brain white-mater streamline tractography was performed to extract "affected" white-matter streamlines (i.e., streamlines passing through the identified ROIs). In the concussed athletes, streamline counts and DTI metrics of the affected white-matter fiber tracts were summarized and compared with unaffected white-matter tracts across tract length in the same participant. The affected white-matter tracts had a high streamline count at length of 80-100 mm and high length-adjusted affected ratio for streamline length longer than 80 mm. DTI mean diffusivity was higher in the affected streamlines longer than 100 mm with significant associations with the Brief Symptom Inventory score. Our findings suggest that long fibers in the brains of collegiate athletes are more vulnerable to acute SRC with higher mean diffusivity and a higher affected ratio compared with the whole distribution.
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- Sourajit M. Mustafi
- Institute of Genetics, San Diego, California, USA
- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Mattel Children's Hospital, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Family Medicine, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Health - Santa Monica Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Wake-Forest and Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
- Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Roanoke, Virginia, USA
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Wake-Forest and Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Michigan Concussion Center, School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Kozlov AV, Grillari J. Pathogenesis of Multiple Organ Failure: The Impact of Systemic Damage to Plasma Membranes. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 9:806462. [PMID: 35372390 PMCID: PMC8964500 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.806462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Multiple organ failure (MOF) is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care patients, but the mechanisms causing this severe syndrome are still poorly understood. Inflammatory response, tissue hypoxia, immune and cellular metabolic dysregulations, and endothelial and microvascular dysfunction are the main features of MOF, but the exact mechanisms leading to MOF are still unclear. Recent progress in the membrane research suggests that cellular plasma membranes play an important role in key functions of diverse organs. Exploration of mechanisms contributing to plasma membrane damage and repair suggest that these processes can be the missing link in the development of MOF. Elevated levels of extracellular phospholipases, reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, pore-forming proteins (PFPs), and dysregulation of osmotic homeostasis occurring upon systemic inflammatory response are the major extracellular inducers of plasma membrane damage, which may simultaneously operate in different organs causing their profound dysfunction. Hypoxia activates similar processes, but they predominantly occur within the cells targeting intracellular membrane compartments and ultimately causing cell death. To combat the plasma membrane damage cells have developed several repair mechanisms, such as exocytosis, shedding, and protein-driven membrane remodeling. Analysis of knowledge on these mechanisms reveals that systemic damage to plasma membranes may be associated with potentially reversible MOF, which can be quickly recovered, if pathological stimuli are eliminated. Alternatively, it can be transformed in a non-resolving phase, if repair mechanisms are not sufficient to deal with a large damage or if the damage is extended to intracellular compartments essential for vital cellular functions.
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- Andrey V Kozlov
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology, The Research Center in Cooperation With AUVA, LBG, Vienna, Austria.,Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Laboratory of Navigational Redox Lipidomics and Department of Human Pathology, IM Sechenov Moscow State Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology, The Research Center in Cooperation With AUVA, LBG, Vienna, Austria.,Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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Olsen CM, Corrigan JD. Does Traumatic Brain Injury Cause Risky Substance Use or Substance Use Disorder? Biol Psychiatry 2022; 91:421-437. [PMID: 34561027 PMCID: PMC8776913 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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There is a high co-occurrence of risky substance use among adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI), although it is unknown if the neurologic sequelae of TBI can promote this behavior. We propose that to conclude that TBI can cause risky substance use, it must be determined that TBI precedes risky substance use, that confounders with the potential to increase the likelihood of both TBI and risky substance use must be ruled out, and that there must be a plausible mechanism of action. In this review, we address these factors by providing an overview of key clinical and preclinical studies and list plausible mechanisms by which TBI could increase risky substance use. Human and animal studies have identified an association between TBI and risky substance use, although the strength of this association varies. Factors that may limit detection of this relationship include differential variability due to substance, sex, age of injury, and confounders that may influence the likelihood of both TBI and risky substance use. We propose possible mechanisms by which TBI could increase substance use that include damage-associated neuroplasticity, chronic changes in neuroimmune signaling, and TBI-associated alterations in brain networks.
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- Christopher M Olsen
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Neuroscience Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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- Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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Orem BC, Rajaee A, Stirling DP. Inhibiting Calcium Release from Ryanodine Receptors Protects Axons after Spinal Cord Injury. J Neurotrauma 2022; 39:311-319. [PMID: 34913747 PMCID: PMC8817717 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2021.0350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Ryanodine receptors (RyRs) mediate calcium release from calcium stores and have been implicated in axonal degeneration. Here, we use an intravital imaging approach to determine axonal fate after spinal cord injury (SCI) in real-time and assess the efficacy of ryanodine receptor inhibition as a potential therapeutic approach to prevent intra-axonal calcium-mediated axonal degeneration. Adult 6-8 week old Thy1YFP transgenic mice that express YFP in axons, as well as triple transgenic Avil-Cre:Ai9:Ai95 mice that express the genetically-encoded calcium indicator GCaMP6f in tdTomato positive axons, were used to visualize axons and calcium changes in axons, respectively. Mice received a mild SCI at the T12 level of the spinal cord. Ryanodine, a RyR antagonist, was given at a concentration of 50 μM intrathecally within 15 min of SCI or delayed 3 h after injury and compared with vehicle-treated mice. RyR inhibition within 15 min of SCI significantly reduced axonal spheroid formation from 1 h to 24 h after SCI and increased axonal survival compared with vehicle controls. Delayed ryanodine treatment increased axonal survival and reduced intra-axonal calcium levels at 24 h after SCI but had no effect on axonal spheroid formation. Together, our results support a role for RyR in secondary axonal degeneration.
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- Ben C. Orem
- Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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Haidar MA, Shakkour Z, Barsa C, Tabet M, Mekhjian S, Darwish H, Goli M, Shear D, Pandya JD, Mechref Y, El Khoury R, Wang K, Kobeissy F. Mitoquinone Helps Combat the Neurological, Cognitive, and Molecular Consequences of Open Head Traumatic Brain Injury at Chronic Time Point. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10020250. [PMID: 35203460 PMCID: PMC8869514 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10020250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 01/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a heterogeneous disease in its origin, neuropathology, and prognosis, with no FDA-approved treatments. The pathology of TBI is complicated and not sufficiently understood, which is the reason why more than 30 clinical trials in the past three decades turned out unsuccessful in phase III. The multifaceted pathophysiology of TBI involves a cascade of metabolic and molecular events including inflammation, oxidative stress, excitotoxicity, and mitochondrial dysfunction. In this study, an open head TBI mouse model, induced by controlled cortical impact (CCI), was used to investigate the chronic protective effects of mitoquinone (MitoQ) administration 30 days post-injury. Neurological functions were assessed with the Garcia neuroscore, pole climbing, grip strength, and adhesive removal tests, whereas cognitive and behavioral functions were assessed using the object recognition, Morris water maze, and forced swim tests. As for molecular effects, immunofluorescence staining was conducted to investigate microgliosis, astrocytosis, neuronal cell count, and axonal integrity. The results show that MitoQ enhanced neurological and cognitive functions 30 days post-injury. MitoQ also decreased the activation of astrocytes and microglia, which was accompanied by improved axonal integrity and neuronal cell count in the cortex. Therefore, we conclude that MitoQ has neuroprotective effects in a moderate open head CCI mouse model by decreasing oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and axonal injury.
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- Muhammad Ali Haidar
- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon; (M.A.H.); (C.B.); (S.M.); (H.D.)
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- Department of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO 65212, USA;
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon; (M.A.H.); (C.B.); (S.M.); (H.D.)
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- Centre de Biologie Integrative (CBI), Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Department (MCD), University of Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paul Sabatier (UPS), 31062 Toulouse, France;
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon; (M.A.H.); (C.B.); (S.M.); (H.D.)
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon; (M.A.H.); (C.B.); (S.M.); (H.D.)
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- Chemistry and Bioehcmistry Department, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA; (M.G.); (Y.M.)
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- Brain Trauma Neuroprotection (BTN) Branch, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA; (D.S.); (J.D.P.)
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- Brain Trauma Neuroprotection (BTN) Branch, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA; (D.S.); (J.D.P.)
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- Chemistry and Bioehcmistry Department, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA; (M.G.); (Y.M.)
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- Neuromuscular Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon
- Correspondence: (R.E.K.); (K.W.); (F.K.)
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- Program for Neurotrauma, Neuroproteomics & Biomarkers Research, Departments of Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
- Correspondence: (R.E.K.); (K.W.); (F.K.)
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon; (M.A.H.); (C.B.); (S.M.); (H.D.)
- Program for Neurotrauma, Neuroproteomics & Biomarkers Research, Departments of Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
- Correspondence: (R.E.K.); (K.W.); (F.K.)
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Ozen I, Arkan S, Clausen F, Ruscher K, Marklund N. Diffuse traumatic injury in the mouse disrupts axon-myelin integrity in the cerebellum. J Neurotrauma 2022; 39:411-422. [PMID: 35018831 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2021.0321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Cerebellar dysfunction following traumatic brain injury (TBI) is commonly suspected based on clinical symptoms, although cerebellar pathology has rarely been investigated. To address the hypothesis that the cerebellar axon-myelin unit is altered by diffuse TBI, we used the central fluid percussion injury (cFPI) model in adult mice to create wide-spread axonal injury by delivering the impact to the forebrain. We specifically focused on changes in myelin components (myelin basic protein (MBP), 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase (CNPase), nodal/paranodal domains (neurofascin, ankyrin G), and phosphorylated neurofilaments (SMI-31, SMI-312) in the cerebellum, remote from the impact, at 2, 7 and 30-day post-injury. When compared to sham-injured controls, cerebellar MBP and CNPase protein levels were decreased at 2 days post-injury (dpi) that remained reduced up to 30 dpi. Diffuse TBI induced different effects on neuronal (Nfasc 186, Nfasc 140) and glial (Nfasc 155) neurofascin isoforms that play a key role in the assembly of the nodes of Ranvier. Expression of Nfasc 140 in the cerebellum increased at 7 dpi, in contrast to Nfasc 155 levels which were decreased. Although neurofascin binding partner ankyrin G protein levels decreased acutely after cFPI, its expression levels increased at 7 dpi and remained unchanged up to 30 dpi. TBI-induced reduction in neurofilament phosphorylation (SMI-31) observed in the cerebellum was closely associated with decreased levels of the myelin proteins MBP and CNPase. This is the first evidence of temporal and spatial structural changes in the axon-myelin unit in the cerebellum, remote from the location of the impact site in a diffuse TBI model in mice.
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- Ilknur Ozen
- Lund University, 5193, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Sweden;
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- Lund University, 5193, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Sweden;
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- Uppsala University, 8097, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, Uppsala, Sweden;
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- Lund University, 5193, Dept of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund, Sweden;
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- Lund University, 5193, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Neurosurgery, Lund, Sweden, Lund, Sweden;
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Koludarova EM, Tuchik ES, Zorikov OV. [Morphological markers of pathophysiological changes in the neuronal processes in the acute post-traumatic period of diffuse axonal injury]. Sud Med Ekspert 2022; 65:47-50. [PMID: 36472180 DOI: 10.17116/sudmed20226506147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The purpose of the study was to establish morphological markers of pathophysiological changes in the neuronal processes of in the acute (up to 36 hours) post-traumatic period of diffuse axonal injury (DAI) for the purposes of expert practice. Histological examination of the body of corpus callosum of the corpses of 66 persons dead from DAI and of 25 persons dead from various non-violent and violent causes, excluding head trauma, was performed (control group). Morphological markers of specific pathophysiological changes in the neuronal process were established by light microscopy with the use of immunohistochemical examination in acute period DAI. Uneven contours of the processes suggested displacement of cytoskeletal elements, areas of vacuolization of the cytoplasm of the processes suggested violation of intracellular transport caused by a change of permeability with preserved integrity of the process shell without mechanical separation of the process, uneven thickness (3.9 ± 1.6 μm) of the processes, varicose and cone-shaped thickening of them was a manifestation of focal edema of the neuronal process and compression of the cytoskeleton as a result of ion-enzymatic disorders, uneven coloration, areas of fragmentary compaction of neurofilaments indicated the zones of deformation and compression of the cytoskeleton, zones of granular-lumpy decay and fibrillolysis of neurofilaments indicated destruction of the cytoskeleton. Changes in the neuronal processes are a manifestation of a polyethological general pathological process and are not a differential diagnostic criterion of DAI.
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- E M Koludarova
- Russian Center of Forensic Medical Expertise, Moscow, Russia
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- Russian Center of Forensic Medical Expertise, Moscow, Russia
- Pirogov Russian Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Russian Center of Forensic Medical Expertise, Moscow, Russia
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Mitoquinone supplementation alleviates oxidative stress and pathologic outcomes following repetitive mild traumatic brain injury at a chronic time point. Exp Neurol 2022; 351:113987. [DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.113987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Examining brain white matter after pediatric mild traumatic brain injury using neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging: An A-CAP study. Neuroimage Clin 2021; 32:102887. [PMID: 34911193 PMCID: PMC8633364 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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We examined white matter microstructure after pediatric mTBI using NODDI and DTI. Children with mTBI did not significantly differ from those with OI on any metrics. Minor alterations, if any, may be present in children at the post-acute stage after mTBI. Large longitudinal studies are needed to understand long-term brain changes post injury.
Background Pediatric mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) affects millions of children annually. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is sensitive to axonal injuries and white matter microstructure and has been used to characterize the brain changes associated with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI) is a diffusion model that can provide additional insight beyond traditional DTI metrics, but has not been examined in pediatric mTBI. The goal of this study was to employ DTI and NODDI to gain added insight into white matter alterations in children with mTBI compared to children with mild orthopedic injury (OI). Methods Children (mTBI n = 320, OI n = 176) aged 8–16.99 years (12.39 ± 2.32 years) were recruited from emergency departments at five hospitals across Canada and underwent 3 T MRI on average 11 days post-injury. DTI and NODDI metrics were calculated for seven major white matter tracts and compared between groups using univariate analysis of covariance controlling for age, sex, and scanner type. False discovery rate (FDR) was used to correct for multiple comparisons. Results Univariate analysis revealed no significant group main effects or interactions in DTI or NODDI metrics. Fractional anisotropy and neurite density index in all tracts exhibited a significant positive association with age and mean diffusivity in all tracts exhibited a significant negative association with age in the whole sample. Conclusions Overall, there were no significant differences between mTBI and OI groups in brain white matter microstructure from either DTI or NODDI in the seven tracts. This indicates that mTBI is associated with relatively minor white matter differences, if any, at the post-acute stage. Brain differences may evolve at later stages of injury, so longitudinal studies with long-term follow-up are needed.
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Motanis H, Khorasani LN, Giza CC, Harris NG. Peering into the Brain through the Retrosplenial Cortex to Assess Cognitive Function of the Injured Brain. Neurotrauma Rep 2021; 2:564-580. [PMID: 34901949 PMCID: PMC8655812 DOI: 10.1089/neur.2021.0044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The retrosplenial cortex (RSC) is a posterior cortical area that has been drawing increasing interest in recent years, with a growing number of studies studying its contribution to cognitive and sensory functions. From an anatomical perspective, it has been established that the RSC is extensively and often reciprocally connected with the hippocampus, neocortex, and many midbrain regions. Functionally, the RSC is an important hub of the default-mode network. This endowment, with vast anatomical and functional connections, positions the RSC to play an important role in episodic memory, spatial and contextual learning, sensory-cognitive activities, and multi-modal sensory information processing and integration. Additionally, RSC dysfunction has been reported in cases of cognitive decline, particularly in Alzheimer's disease and stroke. We review the literature to examine whether the RSC can act as a cortical marker of persistent cognitive dysfunction after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Because the RSC is easily accessible at the brain's surface using in vivo techniques, we argue that studying RSC network activity post-TBI can shed light into the mechanisms of less-accessible brain regions, such as the hippocampus. There is a fundamental gap in the TBI field about the microscale alterations occurring post-trauma, and by studying the RSC's neuronal activity at the cellular level we will be able to design better therapeutic tools. Understanding how neuronal activity and interactions produce normal and abnormal activity in the injured brain is crucial to understanding cognitive dysfunction. By using this approach, we expect to gain valuable insights to better understand brain disorders like TBI.
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- Helen Motanis
- UCLA Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Geffen Medical School, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- UCLA Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Geffen Medical School, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- UCLA Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Geffen Medical School, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- UCLA Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Geffen Medical School, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Intellectual Development and Disabilities Research Center, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
- *Address correspondence to: Neil G. Harris, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery, University of California at Los Angeles, Wasserman Building, 300 Stein Plaza, Room 551, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
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Khaitin A. Calcium in Neuronal and Glial Response to Axotomy. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222413344. [PMID: 34948141 PMCID: PMC8706492 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222413344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Neurotrauma assumes an instant or delayed disconnection of axons (axotomy), which affects not only neurons, but surrounding glia as well. Not only mechanically injured glia near the site of disconnection, especially transection, is subjected to the damage, but also glia that is remote from the lesion site. Glial cells, which surround the neuronal body, in turn, support neuron survival, so there is a mutual protection between neuron and glia. Calcium signaling is a central mediator of all post-axotomy events, both in neuron and glia, playing a critical role in their survival/regeneration or death/degeneration. The involvement of calcium in post-axotomy survival of the remote, mechanically intact glia is poorly studied. The purpose of this review is to sum up the calcium-involving mechanisms in responses of neurons and glial cells to axotomy to show their importance and to give some suggestions for future research of remote glia in this context.
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- Andrey Khaitin
- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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Jang SH, Lee HD. Ataxia due to injury of the cortico-ponto-cerebellar tract in patients with mild traumatic brain injury. Medicine (Baltimore) 2021; 100:e28024. [PMID: 35049215 PMCID: PMC9191350 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000028024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The cortico-ponto-cerebellar tract (CPCT) is involved in coordination of movement; injury of the CPCT can therefore be accompanied by ataxia. In this study, using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT), we investigated injury of the CPCT in patients with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS We recruited 45 consecutive patients with ataxia following mild TBI and 20 normal control subjects. The score of assessment and rating of ataxia (SARA) was used to evaluate of ataxia. The patients were classified into 2 groups based on the SARA; patient group A had with post-traumatic ataxia and patient group B had without post-traumatic ataxia. The fractional anisotropy (FA) value and fiber number (FN) of the CPCT was measured. RESULTS Significant differences were observed in the FA and FN values of the CPCT between patient group A and the control group and between patient groups A and B (P < .05). In addition, a significant difference was observed in the FA value only of the CPCT between patient group B and the control group (P < .05). However, no significant difference was observed in the FN value of the CPCT between patient group B and the control group (P > .05). CONCLUSION By using DTT, injury of the CPCT was demonstrated in patients who showed ataxia following mild TBI. These results suggest that DTT would be useful for evaluation of the CPCT in patients with ataxia after mTBI because mTBI usually does not show any abnormalities on conventional brain MRI.
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- Sung Ho Jang
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Science, Ulsan College Bongsuro 101 Dongku, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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Benaroya H. Brain energetics, mitochondria, and traumatic brain injury. Rev Neurosci 2021; 31:363-390. [PMID: 32004148 DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2019-0086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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We review current thinking about, and draw connections between, brain energetics and metabolism, and between mitochondria and traumatic brain injury. Energy is fundamental to proper brain function. Its creation in a useful form for neurons and glia, and consistently in response to the brain's high energy needs, is critical for physiological pathways. Dysfunction in the mechanisms of energy production is at the center of neurological and neuropsychiatric pathologies. We examine the connections between energetics and mitochondria - the organelle responsible for almost all the energy production in the cell - and how secondary pathologies in traumatic brain injury result from energetic dysfunction. This paper interweaves these topics, a necessity since they are closely coupled, and identifies where there exist a lack of understanding and of data. In addition to summarizing current thinking in these disciplines, our goal is to suggest a framework for the mathematical modeling of mechanisms and pathways based on optimal energetic decisions.
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- Haym Benaroya
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, 98 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Dhote VV, Raja MKMM, Samundre P, Sharma S, Anwikar S, Upaganlawar AB. Sports Related Brain Injury and Neurodegeneration in Athletes. Curr Mol Pharmacol 2021; 15:51-76. [PMID: 34515018 DOI: 10.2174/1874467214666210910114324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sports deserve a special place in human life to impart healthy and refreshing wellbeing. However, sports activities, especially contact sports, renders athlete vulnerable to brain injuries. Athletes participating in a contact sport like boxing, rugby, American football, wrestling, and basketball are exposed to traumatic brain injuries (TBI) or concussions. The acute and chronic nature of these heterogeneous injuries provides a spectrum of dysfunctions that alters the neuronal, musculoskeletal, and behavioral responses of an athlete. Many sports-related brain injuries go unreported, but these head impacts trigger neurometabolic disruptions that contribute to long-term neuronal impairment. The pathophysiology of post-concussion and its underlying mechanisms are undergoing intense research. It also shed light on chronic disorders like Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia. In this review, we examined post-concussion neurobehavioral changes, tools for early detection of signs, and their impact on the athlete. Further, we discussed the role of nutritional supplements in ameliorating neuropsychiatric diseases in athletes.
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- Vipin V Dhote
- Faculty of Pharmacy, VNS Group of Institutions, Bhopal, MP,462044. India
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, VNS Group of Institutions, Bhopal, MP,462044. India
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, VNS Group of Institutions, Bhopal, MP,462044. India
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, VNS Group of Institutions, Bhopal, MP,462044. India
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, VNS Group of Institutions, Bhopal, MP,462044. India
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Tuchtan L, Delteil C, Godio-Raboutet Y, Kolopp M, Léonetti G, Thollon L, Piercecchi-Marti MD. Sudden death after facial impacts: Is the brainstem involved? Morphologie 2021; 106:217-223. [PMID: 34400063 DOI: 10.1016/j.morpho.2021.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Three deaths following facial impacts in the presence of witnesses and resulting in brain lesions that were visualized only on pathological examination were studied at the forensic medicine institute of Marseille. Craniofacial impacts, even of low intensity, received during brawls may be associated with brain lesions ranging from a simple knock-out to fatal injuries. In criminal cases that are brought to court, even by autopsy it is still difficult to establish a direct link between the violence of the impact and the injuries that resulted in death. During a facial impact, the head undergoes a movement of violent forced hyperextension. Death may thus be secondary to the transmission of forces to the brain, either by a mechanism involving nerve conduction that may be termed a reflex mechanism (for example by vagal hyperstimulation) or by injury to the central nervous system (axonal damage). In such situations, autopsy does not make it possible to determine the cause of death, but only to suspect it in a context of voluntary violence in the presence of witnesses, with or without violent injury observed on external examination or on superficial incisions to determine the extent of bruises or hematoma. Systemic and comprehensive investigation involving pathology and toxicology is essential in any medicolegal case for positive interpretation and discrimination of other causes of death.
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- L Tuchtan
- Forensic Department, APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille, France; CNRS, EFS, ADES, Aix-Marseille University, 27, avenue Jean-Moulin, 13385 Marseille, France.
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- Forensic Department, APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille, France; CNRS, EFS, ADES, Aix-Marseille University, 27, avenue Jean-Moulin, 13385 Marseille, France
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- IFSTTAR, LBA, Aix-Marseille University, boulevard Pierre-Bramard, 13015 Marseille, France; iLab - Spine (International Laboratory - Spine Imaging and Biomechanics), boulevard Pierre-Bramard, 13015 Marseille, France
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- Forensic Department, APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille, France
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- Forensic Department, APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille, France; CNRS, EFS, ADES, Aix-Marseille University, 27, avenue Jean-Moulin, 13385 Marseille, France
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- IFSTTAR, LBA, Aix-Marseille University, boulevard Pierre-Bramard, 13015 Marseille, France; iLab - Spine (International Laboratory - Spine Imaging and Biomechanics), boulevard Pierre-Bramard, 13015 Marseille, France
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- Forensic Department, APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille, France; CNRS, EFS, ADES, Aix-Marseille University, 27, avenue Jean-Moulin, 13385 Marseille, France
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Bradshaw DV, Knutsen AK, Korotcov A, Sullivan GM, Radomski KL, Dardzinski BJ, Zi X, McDaniel DP, Armstrong RC. Genetic inactivation of SARM1 axon degeneration pathway improves outcome trajectory after experimental traumatic brain injury based on pathological, radiological, and functional measures. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2021; 9:89. [PMID: 34001261 PMCID: PMC8130449 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-021-01193-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes chronic symptoms and increased risk of neurodegeneration. Axons in white matter tracts, such as the corpus callosum (CC), are critical components of neural circuits and particularly vulnerable to TBI. Treatments are needed to protect axons from traumatic injury and mitigate post-traumatic neurodegeneration. SARM1 protein is a central driver of axon degeneration through a conserved molecular pathway. Sarm1−/− mice with knockout (KO) of the Sarm1 gene enable genetic proof-of-concept testing of the SARM1 pathway as a therapeutic target. We evaluated Sarm1 deletion effects after TBI using a concussive model that causes traumatic axonal injury and progresses to CC atrophy at 10 weeks, indicating post-traumatic neurodegeneration. Sarm1 wild-type (WT) mice developed significant CC atrophy that was reduced in Sarm1 KO mice. Ultrastructural classification of pathology of individual axons, using electron microscopy, demonstrated that Sarm1 KO preserved more intact axons and reduced damaged or demyelinated axons. Longitudinal MRI studies in live mice identified significantly reduced CC volume after TBI in Sarm1 WT mice that was attenuated in Sarm1 KO mice. MR diffusion tensor imaging detected reduced fractional anisotropy in both genotypes while axial diffusivity remained higher in Sarm1 KO mice. Immunohistochemistry revealed significant attenuation of CC atrophy, myelin loss, and neuroinflammation in Sarm1 KO mice after TBI. Functionally, Sarm1 KO mice exhibited beneficial effects in motor learning and sleep behavior. Based on these findings, Sarm1 inactivation can protect axons and white matter tracts to improve translational outcomes associated with CC atrophy and post-traumatic neurodegeneration.
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Traumatic Brain Injury: Ultrastructural Features in Neuronal Ferroptosis, Glial Cell Activation and Polarization, and Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown. Cells 2021; 10:cells10051009. [PMID: 33923370 PMCID: PMC8146242 DOI: 10.3390/cells10051009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The secondary injury process after traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in motor dysfunction, cognitive and emotional impairment, and poor outcomes. These injury cascades include excitotoxic injury, mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, ion imbalance, inflammation, and increased vascular permeability. Electron microscopy is an irreplaceable tool to understand the complex pathogenesis of TBI as the secondary injury is usually accompanied by a series of pathologic changes at the ultra-micro level of the brain cells. These changes include the ultrastructural changes in different parts of the neurons (cell body, axon, and synapses), glial cells, and blood–brain barrier, etc. In view of the current difficulties in the treatment of TBI, identifying the changes in subcellular structures can help us better understand the complex pathologic cascade reactions after TBI and improve clinical diagnosis and treatment. The purpose of this review is to summarize and discuss the ultrastructural changes related to neurons (e.g., condensed mitochondrial membrane in ferroptosis), glial cells, and blood–brain barrier in the existing reports of TBI, to deepen the in-depth study of TBI pathomechanism, hoping to provide a future research direction of pathogenesis and treatment, with the ultimate aim of improving the prognosis of patients with TBI.
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A 3-month-delayed treatment with anatabine improves chronic outcomes in two different models of repetitive mild traumatic brain injury in hTau mice. Sci Rep 2021; 11:7900. [PMID: 33846461 PMCID: PMC8041866 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87161-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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To date, an overwhelming number of preclinical studies have addressed acute treatment in mild TBI (mTBI) and repetitive mTBI (r-mTBI), whereas, in humans, there often exists a significant time gap between the injury and the first medical intervention. Our study focused on a delayed treatment with anatabine, an anti-inflammatory compound, in hTau mice using two different models of r-mTBI. The rationale for using two models of the same impact but different frequencies (5 hit mTBI over 9 days and 24 hit mTBI over 90 days) was chosen to address the heterogeneity of r-mTBI in clinical population. Following the last injury in each model, three months elapsed before the initiation of treatment. Anatabine was administered in drinking water for 3 months thereafter. Our data demonstrated that a 3-month delayed treatment with anatabine mitigated astrogliosis in both TBI paradigms but improved cognitive functions only in more-frequently-injured mice (24 hit mTBI). We also found that anatabine decreased the phosphorylation of tau protein and NFκB, which were increased after r-mTBI in both models. The ability of anatabine to suppress these mechanisms suggests that delayed treatment can be effective for clinical population of r-mTBI. The discrepancy between the two models with regard to changes in cognitive performance suggests that r-mTBI heterogeneity may influence treatment efficiency and should be considered in therapeutic development.
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Elevated Intraindividual Variability in Executive Functions and Associations with White Matter Microstructure in Veterans with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2021; 27:305-314. [PMID: 32967755 PMCID: PMC8462939 DOI: 10.1017/s1355617720000879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We examined whether intraindividual variability (IIV) across tests of executive functions (EF-IIV) is elevated in Veterans with a history of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) relative to military controls (MCs) without a history of mTBI. We also explored relationships among EF-IIV, white matter microstructure, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. METHOD A total of 77 Veterans (mTBI = 43, MCs = 34) completed neuropsychological testing, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and PTSD symptom ratings. EF-IIV was calculated as the standard deviation across six tests of EF, along with an EF-Mean composite. DSI Studio connectometry analysis identified white matter tracts significantly associated with EF-IIV according to generalized fractional anisotropy (GFA). RESULTS After adjusting for EF-Mean and PTSD symptoms, the mTBI group showed significantly higher EF-IIV than MCs. Groups did not differ on EF-Mean after adjusting for PTSD symptoms. Across groups, PTSD symptoms significantly negatively correlated with EF-Mean, but not with EF-IIV. EF-IIV significantly negatively correlated with GFA in multiple white matter pathways connecting frontal and more posterior regions. CONCLUSIONS Veterans with mTBI demonstrated significantly greater IIV across EF tests compared to MCs, even after adjusting for mean group differences on those measures as well as PTSD severity. Findings suggest that, in contrast to analyses that explore effects of mean performance across tests, discrepancy analyses may capture unique variance in neuropsychological performance and more sensitively capture cognitive disruption in Veterans with mTBI histories. Importantly, findings show that EF-IIV is negatively associated with the microstructure of white matter pathways interconnecting cortical regions that mediate executive function and attentional processes.
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Donat CK, Yanez Lopez M, Sastre M, Baxan N, Goldfinger M, Seeamber R, Müller F, Davies P, Hellyer P, Siegkas P, Gentleman S, Sharp DJ, Ghajari M. From biomechanics to pathology: predicting axonal injury from patterns of strain after traumatic brain injury. Brain 2021; 144:70-91. [PMID: 33454735 PMCID: PMC7990483 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaa336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The relationship between biomechanical forces and neuropathology is key to understanding traumatic brain injury. White matter tracts are damaged by high shear forces during impact, resulting in axonal injury, a key determinant of long-term clinical outcomes. However, the relationship between biomechanical forces and patterns of white matter injuries, associated with persistent diffusion MRI abnormalities, is poorly understood. This limits the ability to predict the severity of head injuries and the design of appropriate protection. Our previously developed human finite element model of head injury predicted the location of post-traumatic neurodegeneration. A similar rat model now allows us to experimentally test whether strain patterns calculated by the model predicts in vivo MRI and histology changes. Using a controlled cortical impact, mild and moderate injuries (1 and 2 mm) were performed. Focal and axonal injuries were quantified with volumetric and diffusion 9.4 T MRI at 2 weeks post injury. Detailed analysis of the corpus callosum was conducted using multi-shell diffusion MRI and histopathology. Microglia and astrocyte density, including process parameters, along with white matter structural integrity and neurofilament expression were determined by quantitative immunohistochemistry. Linear mixed effects regression analyses for strain and strain rate with the employed outcome measures were used to ascertain how well immediate biomechanics could explain MRI and histology changes. The spatial pattern of mechanical strain and strain rate in the injured cortex shows good agreement with the probability maps of focal lesions derived from volumetric MRI. Diffusion metrics showed abnormalities in the corpus callosum, indicating white matter changes in the segments subjected to high strain, as predicted by the model. The same segments also exhibited a severity-dependent increase in glia cell density, white matter thinning and reduced neurofilament expression. Linear mixed effects regression analyses showed that mechanical strain and strain rate were significant predictors of in vivo MRI and histology changes. Specifically, strain and strain rate respectively explained 33% and 28% of the reduction in fractional anisotropy, 51% and 29% of the change in neurofilament expression and 51% and 30% of microglia density changes. The work provides evidence that strain and strain rate in the first milliseconds after injury are important factors in determining patterns of glial and axonal injury and serve as experimental validators of our computational model of traumatic brain injury. Our results provide support for the use of this model in understanding the relationship of biomechanics and neuropathology and can guide the development of head protection systems, such as airbags and helmets.
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- Cornelius K Donat
- Department of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Centre for the Developing Brain, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Biological Imaging Centre, Central Biomedical Services, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies, Imperial College London, London, UK
- UK Dementia Research Institute, Care Research and Technology Centre; Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Design Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
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Jang SH, Seo YS. Delayed Onset of Central Pain due to Traumatic Axonal Injury of the Spinothalamic Tract in a Patient with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. PAIN MEDICINE 2021; 22:221-223. [PMID: 32895705 DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnaa193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Sung Ho Jang
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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Grassi DC, Zaninotto AL, Feltrin FS, Macruz FBC, Otaduy MCG, Leite CC, Guirado VMP, Paiva WS, Santos Andrade C. Dynamic changes in white matter following traumatic brain injury and how diffuse axonal injury relates to cognitive domain. Brain Inj 2021; 35:275-284. [PMID: 33507820 DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2020.1859615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Objective: The goal is to evaluate longitudinally with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) the integrity of cerebral white matter in patients with moderate and severe DAI and to correlate the DTI findings with cognitive deficits.Methods: Patients with DAI (n = 20) were scanned at three timepoints (2, 6 and 12 months) after trauma. A healthy control group (n = 20) was evaluated once with the same high-field MRI scanner. The corpus callosum (CC) and the bilateral superior longitudinal fascicles (SLFs) were assessed by deterministic tractography with ExploreDTI. A neuropschychological evaluation was also performed.Results: The CC and both SLFs demonstrated various microstructural abnormalities in between-groups comparisons. All DTI parameters demonstrated changes across time in the body of the CC, while FA (fractional anisotropy) increases were seen on both SLFs. In the splenium of the CC, progressive changes in the mean diffusivity (MD) and axial diffusivity (AD) were also observed. There was an improvement in attention and memory along time. Remarkably, DTI parameters demonstrated several correlations with the cognitive domains.Conclusions: Our findings suggest that microstructural changes in the white matter are dynamic and may be detectable by DTI throughout the first year after trauma. Likewise, patients also demonstrated improvement in some cognitive skills.
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- Daphine Centola Grassi
- Department of Radiology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.,Laboratory of Medical Investigation 44, Hospital Das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Speech and Feeding Disorders Lab, MGH Institute of Health Professions (MGHIHP), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Neurology, Hospital Das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Radiology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.,Laboratory of Medical Investigation 44, Hospital Das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.,Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.,Laboratory of Medical Investigation 44, Hospital Das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Radiology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.,Laboratory of Medical Investigation 44, Hospital Das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Radiology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.,Laboratory of Medical Investigation 44, Hospital Das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital Das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Radiology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.,Laboratory of Medical Investigation 44, Hospital Das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Antrobus MR, Brazier J, Stebbings GK, Day SH, Heffernan SM, Kilduff LP, Erskine RM, Williams AG. Genetic Factors That Could Affect Concussion Risk in Elite Rugby. Sports (Basel) 2021; 9:19. [PMID: 33499151 PMCID: PMC7910946 DOI: 10.3390/sports9020019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Elite rugby league and union have some of the highest reported rates of concussion (mild traumatic brain injury) in professional sport due in part to their full-contact high-velocity collision-based nature. Currently, concussions are the most commonly reported match injury during the tackle for both the ball carrier and the tackler (8-28 concussions per 1000 player match hours) and reports exist of reduced cognitive function and long-term health consequences that can end a playing career and produce continued ill health. Concussion is a complex phenotype, influenced by environmental factors and an individual's genetic predisposition. This article reviews concussion incidence within elite rugby and addresses the biomechanics and pathophysiology of concussion and how genetic predisposition may influence incidence, severity and outcome. Associations have been reported between a variety of genetic variants and traumatic brain injury. However, little effort has been devoted to the study of genetic associations with concussion within elite rugby players. Due to a growing understanding of the molecular characteristics underpinning the pathophysiology of concussion, investigating genetic variation within elite rugby is a viable and worthy proposition. Therefore, we propose from this review that several genetic variants within or near candidate genes of interest, namely APOE, MAPT, IL6R, COMT, SLC6A4, 5-HTTLPR, DRD2, DRD4, ANKK1, BDNF and GRIN2A, warrant further study within elite rugby and other sports involving high-velocity collisions.
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- Mark R. Antrobus
- Sports Genomics Laboratory, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, UK; (J.B.); (G.K.S.); (A.G.W.)
- Sport and Exercise Science, University of Northampton, Northampton NN1 5PH, UK
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- Sports Genomics Laboratory, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, UK; (J.B.); (G.K.S.); (A.G.W.)
- Department of Psychology and Sports Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK
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- Sports Genomics Laboratory, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, UK; (J.B.); (G.K.S.); (A.G.W.)
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, UK;
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- Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM) Research Centre, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK; (S.M.H.); (L.P.K.)
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- Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM) Research Centre, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK; (S.M.H.); (L.P.K.)
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- Research Institute for Sport & Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK;
- Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Sports Genomics Laboratory, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, UK; (J.B.); (G.K.S.); (A.G.W.)
- Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Sapin V, Gaulmin R, Aubin R, Walrand S, Coste A, Abbot M. Blood biomarkers of mild traumatic brain injury: State of art. Neurochirurgie 2021; 67:249-254. [PMID: 33482234 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2021.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Revised: 12/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is one of the most common causes of emergency department visits around the world. Up to 90% of injuries are classified as mTBI. Cranial computed tomography (CCT) is a standard diagnosis tool to identify intracranial complications in adults with mTBI. Alternatively, children can be admitted for inpatient observation with CCT scans performed only on those with clinical deterioration. The use of blood biomarkers is a supplementary tool for identifying patients at risk of intracerebral lesions who may need imaging. METHOD We realised a bibliographic state of art providing a contemporary clinical and laboratory framework for blood biomarker testing in mTBI management. RESULTS The S100B protein is the only biomarker that can be used today in the clinical routine for management of mTBI with appropriate evidence-based medicine. Due to its excellent negative predictive value, S100B protein is an alternative choice to CCT scanning for mTBI management with considered, consensual and pragmatic use. In this state of art, we propose points to help clinicians and clinical pathologists use serum S100B protein in the clinical routine. A state of art on the different biomarkers (GFAP, UCH-L1, NF [H or L], tau, H-FABP, SNTF, NSE, miRNAs, MBP) is also conducted. Some of these other biomarkers, used alone (GFAP, UCH-L1) or in combination (GFAP+H-FABP±S100B±IL10) can improve the specificity of S100B. CONCLUSION Using a bibliographic state of art, we highlighted the added values of the blood biomarkers for the clinical management of mTBI.
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- V Sapin
- Biochemistry and molecular biology department, CHU Gabriel-Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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- ASM Clermont Auvergne, service médical, 63028 Clermont-Ferrand cedex 2, France
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- ASM Clermont Auvergne, service médical, 63028 Clermont-Ferrand cedex 2, France
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- Service de nutrition clinique, université Clermont Auvergne, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Service de neurochirurgie, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- ASM Clermont Auvergne, service médical, 63028 Clermont-Ferrand cedex 2, France; Service de médecine du sport, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Bruggeman GF, Haitsma IK, Dirven CMF, Volovici V. Traumatic axonal injury (TAI): definitions, pathophysiology and imaging-a narrative review. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2021; 163:31-44. [PMID: 33006648 PMCID: PMC7778615 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-020-04594-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Introduction Traumatic axonal injury (TAI) is a condition defined as multiple, scattered, small hemorrhagic, and/or non-hemorrhagic lesions, alongside brain swelling, in a more confined white matter distribution on imaging studies, together with impaired axoplasmic transport, axonal swelling, and disconnection after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Ever since its description in the 1980s and the grading system by Adams et al., our understanding of the processes behind this entity has increased. Methods We performed a scoping systematic, narrative review by interrogating Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, and Google Scholar on the pathophysiology, biomarkers, and diagnostic tools of TAI patients until July 2020. Results We underline the misuse of the Adams classification on MRI without proper validation studies, and highlight the hiatus in the scientific literature and areas needing more research. In the past, the theory behind the pathophysiology relied on the inertial force exerted on the brain matter after severe TBI inducing a primary axotomy. This theory has now been partially abandoned in favor of a more refined theory involving biochemical processes such as protein cleavage and DNA breakdown, ultimately leading to an inflammation cascade and cell apoptosis, a process now described as secondary axotomy. Conclusion The difference in TAI definitions makes the comparison of studies that report outcomes, treatments, and prognostic factors a daunting task. An even more difficult task is isolating the outcomes of isolated TAI from the outcomes of severe TBI in general. Targeted bench-to-bedside studies are required in order to uncover further pathways involved in the pathophysiology of TAI and, ideally, new treatments.
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- Gavin F Bruggeman
- Department of Neurosurgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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After a concussion, a series of complex, overlapping, and disruptive events occur within the brain, leading to symptoms and behavioral dysfunction. These events include ionic shifts, damaged neuronal architecture, higher concentrations of inflammatory chemicals, increased excitatory neurotransmitter release, and cerebral blood flow disruptions, leading to a neuronal crisis. This review summarizes the translational aspects of the pathophysiologic cascade of postconcussion events, focusing on the role of excitatory neurotransmitters and ionic fluxes, and their role in neuronal disruption. We review the relationship between physiologic disruption and behavioral alterations, and proposed treatments aimed to restore the balance of disrupted processes.
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- David R Howell
- Sports Medicine Center, Children's Hospital Colorado, 13123 East 16th Avenue, B060, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
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- Sports Medicine Center, Children's Hospital Colorado, 13123 East 16th Avenue, B060, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Regis University, 3333 Regis Boulevard, Denver, CO 80221, USA
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Yamakawa G, Brady R, Sun M, McDonald S, Shultz S, Mychasiuk R. The interaction of the circadian and immune system: Desynchrony as a pathological outcome to traumatic brain injury. Neurobiol Sleep Circadian Rhythms 2020; 9:100058. [PMID: 33364525 PMCID: PMC7752723 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbscr.2020.100058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex and costly worldwide phenomenon that can lead to many negative health outcomes including disrupted circadian function. There is a bidirectional relationship between the immune system and the circadian system, with mammalian coordination of physiological activities being controlled by the primary circadian pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus. The SCN receives light information from the external environment and in turn synchronizes rhythms throughout the brain and body. The SCN is capable of endogenous self-sustained oscillatory activity through an intricate clock gene negative feedback loop. Following TBI, the response of the immune system can become prolonged and pathophysiological. This detrimental response not only occurs in the brain, but also within the periphery, where a leaky blood brain barrier can permit further infiltration of immune and inflammatory factors. The prolonged and pathological immune response that follows TBI can have deleterious effects on clock gene cycling and circadian function not only in the SCN, but also in other rhythmic areas throughout the body. This could bring about a state of circadian desynchrony where different rhythmic structures are no longer working together to promote optimal physiological function. There are many parallels between the negative symptomology associated with circadian desynchrony and TBI. This review discusses the significant contributions of an immune-disrupted circadian system on the negative symptomology following TBI. The implications of TBI symptomology as a disorder of circadian desynchrony are discussed.
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- G.R. Yamakawa
- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Sergio LE, Gorbet DJ, Adams MS, Dobney DM. The Effects of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury on Cognitive-Motor Integration for Skilled Performance. Front Neurol 2020; 11:541630. [PMID: 33041992 PMCID: PMC7525090 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.541630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Adults exposed to blast and blunt impact often experience mild traumatic brain injury, affecting neural functions related to sensory, cognitive, and motor function. In this perspective article, we will review the effects of impact and blast exposure on functional performance that requires the integration of these sensory, cognitive, and motor control systems. We describe cognitive-motor integration and how it relates to successfully navigating skilled activities crucial for work, duty, sport, and even daily life. We review our research on the behavioral effects of traumatic impact and blast exposure on cognitive-motor integration in both younger and older adults, and the neural networks that are involved in these types of skills. Overall, we have observed impairments in rule-based skilled performance as a function of both physical impact and blast exposure. The extent of these impairments depended on the age at injury and the sex of the individual. It appears, however, that cognitive-motor integration deficits can be mitigated by the level of skill expertise of the affected individual, suggesting that such experience imparts resiliency in the brain networks that underly the control of complex visuomotor performance. Finally, we discuss the next steps needed to comprehensively understand the impact of trauma and blast exposure on functional movement control.
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- Lauren E. Sergio
- School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Vision-Science to Application (VISTA) Program, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Vision-Science to Application (VISTA) Program, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Bartnik-Olson B, Holshouser B, Ghosh N, Oyoyo UE, Nichols JG, Pivonka-Jones J, Tong K, Ashwal S. Evolving White Matter Injury following Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma 2020; 38:111-121. [PMID: 32515269 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2019.6574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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This study is unique in that it examines the evolution of white matter injury very early and at 12 months post-injury in pediatric patients following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was acquired at two time-points: acutely at 6-17 days and 12 months following a complicated mild (cMild)/moderate (mod) or severe TBI. Regional measures of anisotropy and diffusivity were compared between TBI groups and against a group of age-matched healthy controls and used to predict performance on measures of attention, memory, and intellectual functioning at 12-months post-injury. Analysis of the acute DTI data using tract based spatial statistics revealed a small number of regional decreases in fractional anisotropy (FA) in both the cMild/mod and severe TBI groups compared with controls. These changes were observed in the occipital white matter, anterior limb of the internal capsule (ALIC)/basal ganglia, and corpus callosum. The severe TBI group showed regional differences in axial diffusivity (AD) in the brainstem and corpus callosum that were not seen in the cMild/mod TBI group. By 12-months, widespread decreases in FA and increases in apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and radial diffusivity (RD) were observed in both TBI groups compared with controls, with the overall number of regions with abnormal DTI metrics increasing over time. The early changes in regional DTI metrics were associated with 12-month performance IQ scores. These findings suggest that there may be regional differences in the brain's reparative processes or that mechanisms associated with the brain's plasticity to recover may also be region based.
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- Brenda Bartnik-Olson
- Department of Radiology, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, California, USA
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Interest of blood biomarkers to predict lesions in medical imaging in the context of mild traumatic brain injury. Clin Biochem 2020; 85:5-11. [PMID: 32781055 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2020.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2019] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is one of the common causes of emergency department visits around the world. Up to 90% of injuries are classified as mTBI. Cranial computed tomography (CCT) is a standard diagnostic tool for adults with mTBI. Alternatively, children can be admitted for inpatient observation with CCT scans performed only on those with clinical deterioration. The use of blood biomarkers is a supplementary tool for identifying patients at risk of intracerebral lesions who may need imaging. This review provides a contemporary clinical and laboratory framework for blood biomarker testing in mTBI management. The S100B protein is used routinely in the management of mTBI in Europe together with clinical guidelines. Due to its excellent negative predictive value, S100B protein is an alternative choice to CCT scanning for mTBI management under considered, consensual and pragmatic use. In this review, we propose points to help clinicians and clinical pathologists use serum S100B protein in the clinical routine. A review of the literature on the different biomarkers (GFAP, UCH-L1, NF [H or L], tau, H-FABP, SNTF, NSE, miRNAs, MBP, β trace protein) is also conducted. Some of these other blood biomarkers, used alone (GFAP, UCH-L1) or in combination (GFAP + H-FABP ± S100B ± IL10) can improve the specificity of S100B.
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Hurtubise JM, Gorbet DJ, Hynes LM, Macpherson AK, Sergio LE. White Matter Integrity and Its Relationship to Cognitive-Motor Integration in Females with and without Post-Concussion Syndrome. J Neurotrauma 2020; 37:1528-1536. [PMID: 31928154 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2019.6765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Fifteen percent of individuals who sustain a concussion go on to develop post-concussion syndrome (PCS). These persistent symptoms are believed to be attributed to damage to white matter tracts and impaired neurotransmission. Specifically, declines in white matter integrity after concussion have been found along the long-coursing axons underlying the frontoparietal network. This network is essential for the performance of visuomotor transformation tasks requiring cognitive-motor integration (CMI). We have previously observed deficits in performance on CMI-based tasks in those who have a history of concussion, but were asymptomatic. The aim of this study was to investigate performance on a CMI task, as well as white matter integrity differences along frontoparietal-cerebellar white matter tracts, in those with PCS compared to healthy controls. We hypothesized an association between the behavioral and brain structural measures. Twenty-six female participants (13 with PCS for ≥6 months and 13 healthy controls) completed four computer-based visuomotor CMI tasks. In addition, diffusion tensor images (DTIs) were acquired. No statistically significant differences were found in CMI performance between groups (p > 0.05). Further, there were no statistically significant differences between groups on any DTI metrics (p > 0.05). However, examination of the data collapsed across participants revealed significant associations between performance on a CMI task and white matter integrity. Further investigation into additional causes of symptoms in those with PCS (including psychological and cervicogenic factors) will strengthen our understanding of this diverse group. Nonetheless, this study demonstrates that white matter integrity is related to levels of performance in tasks that require rule-based movement control.
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- Johanna M Hurtubise
- Centre for Sport and Exercise Education, Camosun College, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Sherman Health Science Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Centre for Vision Research, York University, Sherman Health Science Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Sherman Health Science Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Sherman Health Science Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Sherman Health Science Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Centre for Vision Research, York University, Sherman Health Science Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Diffuse or traumatic axonal injury is one of the principal pathologies encountered in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the resulting axonal loss, disconnection, and brain atrophy contribute significantly to clinical morbidity and disability. The seminal discovery of the slow Wallerian degeneration mice (Wld) in which transected axons do not degenerate but survive and function independently for weeks has transformed concepts on axonal biology and raised hopes that axonopathies may be amenable to specific therapeutic interventions. Here we review mechanisms of axonal degeneration and also describe how these mechanisms may inform biological therapies of traumatic axonopathy in the context of TBI. RECENT FINDINGS In the last decade, SARM1 [sterile a and Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) motif containing 1] and the DLK (dual leucine zipper bearing kinase) and LZK (leucine zipper kinase) MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinases) cascade have been established as the key drivers of Wallerian degeneration, a complex program of axonal self-destruction which is activated by a wide range of injurious insults, including insults that may otherwise leave axons structurally robust and potentially salvageable. Detailed studies on animal models and postmortem human brains indicate that this type of partial disruption is the main initial pathology in traumatic axonopathy. At the same time, the molecular dissection of Wallerian degeneration has revealed that the decision that commits axons to degeneration is temporally separated from the time of injury, a window that allows potentially effective pharmacological interventions. SUMMARY Molecular signals initiating and triggering Wallerian degeneration appear to be playing an important role in traumatic axonopathy and recent advances in understanding their nature and significance is opening up new therapeutic opportunities for TBI.
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Hill CS, Sreedharan J, Loreto A, Menon DK, Coleman MP. Loss of highwire Protects Against the Deleterious Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury in Drosophila Melanogaster. Front Neurol 2020; 11:401. [PMID: 32477254 PMCID: PMC7235382 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury is a major global cause of death and disability. Axonal injury is a major underlying mechanism of TBI and could represent a major therapeutic target. We provide evidence that targeting the axonal death pathway known as Wallerian degeneration improves outcome in a Drosophila Melanogaster model of high impact trauma. This cell-autonomous neurodegenerative pathway is initiated following axon injury, and in Drosophila, involves activity of the E3 ubiquitin ligase highwire. We demonstrate that a loss-of-function mutation in the highwire gene rescues deleterious effects of a traumatic injury, including-improved functional outcomes, lifespan, survival of dopaminergic neurons, and retention of synaptic proteins. This data suggests that highwire represents a potential therapeutic target in traumatic injury.
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- Ciaran S. Hill
- John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Bhatt D, Hazari A, Yamakawa GR, Salberg S, Sgro M, Shultz SR, Mychasiuk R. Investigating the cumulative effects of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and repetitive mild traumatic brain injury on adolescent rats. Brain Commun 2020; 2:fcaa042. [PMID: 32954298 PMCID: PMC7425386 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaa042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Revised: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The prevalence of mild traumatic brain injury is highest amongst the adolescent population and can lead to complications including neuroinflammation and excitotoxicity. Also pervasive in adolescents is recreational cannabis use. Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive component of cannabis, is known to have anti-inflammatory properties and serves as a neuroprotective agent against excitotoxicity. Thus, we investigated the effects of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol on recovery when administered either prior to or following repeated mild brain injuries. Male and female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to receive Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol or vehicle either prior to or following the repeated injuries. Rats were then tested on a behavioural test battery designed to measure post-concussive symptomology. The hippocampus, nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex were extracted from all animals to examine mRNA expression changes (Bdnf, Cnr1, Comt, GR, Iba-1 and Vegf-2R). We hypothesized that, in both experiments, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol administration would provide neuroprotection against mild injury outcomes and confer therapeutic benefit. Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol administration following repeated mild traumatic brain injury was beneficial to three of the six behavioural outcomes affected by injury (reducing anxiety and depressive-like behaviours while also mitigating injury-induced deficits in short-term working memory). Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol administration following injury also showed beneficial effects on the expression of Cnr1, Comt and Vegf-2R in the hippocampus, nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex. There were no notable benefits of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol when administered prior to injury, suggesting that Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol may have potential therapeutic benefit on post-concussive symptomology when administered post-injury, but not pre-injury.
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- Dhyey Bhatt
- Department of Psychology, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
- Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3050, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
- Department of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
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Losurdo M, Davidsson J, Sköld MK. Diffuse Axonal Injury in the Rat Brain: Axonal Injury and Oligodendrocyte Activity Following Rotational Injury. Brain Sci 2020; 10:brainsci10040229. [PMID: 32290212 PMCID: PMC7225974 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci10040229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Revised: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) commonly results in primary diffuse axonal injury (DAI) and associated secondary injuries that evolve through a cascade of pathological mechanisms. We aim at assessing how myelin and oligodendrocytes react to head angular-acceleration-induced TBI in a previously described model. This model induces axonal injuries visible by amyloid precursor protein (APP) expression, predominantly in the corpus callosum and its borders. Brain tissue from a total of 27 adult rats was collected at 24 h, 72 h and 7 d post-injury. Coronal sections were prepared for immunohistochemistry and RNAscope® to investigate DAI and myelin changes (APP, MBP, Rip), oligodendrocyte lineage cell loss (Olig2), oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) (NG2, PDGFRa) and neuronal stress (HSP70, ATF3). Oligodendrocytes and OPCs numbers (expressed as percentage of positive cells out of total number of cells) were measured in areas with high APP expression. Results showed non-statistically significant trends with a decrease in oligodendrocyte lineage cells and an increase in OPCs. Levels of myelination were mostly unaltered, although Rip expression differed significantly between sham and injured animals in the frontal brain. Neuronal stress markers were induced at the dorsal cortex and habenular nuclei. We conclude that rotational injury induces DAI and neuronal stress in specific areas. We noticed indications of oligodendrocyte death and regeneration without statistically significant changes at the timepoints measured, despite indications of axonal injuries and neuronal stress. This might suggest that oligodendrocytes are robust enough to withstand this kind of trauma, knowledge important for the understanding of thresholds for cell injury and post-traumatic recovery potential.
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- Michela Losurdo
- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden;
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Università degli Studi di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden;
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden;
- Department of Neuroscience, Section of Neurosurgery, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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Microglia dynamically interact with neurons influencing the development, structure, and function of neuronal networks. Recent studies suggest microglia may also influence neuronal activity by physically interacting with axonal domains responsible for action potential initiation and propagation. However, the nature of these microglial process interactions is not well understood. Microglial-axonal contacts are present early in development and persist through adulthood, implicating microglial interactions in the regulation of axonal integrity in both the developing and mature central nervous system. Moreover, changes in microglial-axonal contact have been described in disease states such as multiple sclerosis (MS) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Depending on the disease state, there are increased associations with specific axonal segments. In MS, there is enhanced contact with the axon initial segment and node of Ranvier, while, in TBI, microglia alter interactions with axons at the site of injury, as well as at the axon initial segment. In this article, we review the interactions of microglial processes with axonal segments, analyzing their associations with various axonal domains and how these interactions may differ between MS and TBI. Furthermore, we discuss potential functional consequences and molecular mechanisms of these interactions and how these may differ among various types of microglial-axonal interactions.
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- Savannah D Benusa
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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Hiskens MI, Schneiders AG, Angoa-Pérez M, Vella RK, Fenning AS. Blood biomarkers for assessment of mild traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Biomarkers 2020; 25:213-227. [PMID: 32096416 DOI: 10.1080/1354750x.2020.1735521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) are prevalent and can result in significant debilitation. Current diagnostic methods have implicit limitations, with clinical assessment tools reliant on subjective self-reported symptoms or non-specific clinical observations, and commonly available imaging techniques lacking sufficient sensitivity to detect mTBI. A blood biomarker would provide a readily accessible detector of mTBI to meet the current measurement gap. Suitable options would provide objective and quantifiable information in diagnosing mTBI, in monitoring recovery, and in establishing a prognosis of resultant neurodegenerative disease, such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). A biomarker would also assist in progressing research, providing suitable endpoints for testing therapeutic modalities and for further exploring mTBI pathophysiology. This review highlights the most promising blood-based protein candidates that are expressed in the central nervous system (CNS) and released into systemic circulation following mTBI. To date, neurofilament light (NF-L) may be the most suitable candidate for assessing neuronal damage, and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) for assessing astrocyte activation, although further work is required. Ultimately, the heterogeneity of cells in the brain and each marker's limitations may require a combination of biomarkers, and recent developments in microRNA (miRNA) markers of mTBI show promise and warrant further exploration.
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- Matthew I Hiskens
- School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia
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- School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia
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- Research and Development Service, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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- School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia
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- School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia
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Diagnostic Problems in Diffuse Axonal Injury. Diagnostics (Basel) 2020; 10:diagnostics10020117. [PMID: 32098060 PMCID: PMC7168326 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics10020117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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In this study, three problems associated with diagnosing diffuse axonal injury (DAI) in patients with traumatic brain injury are reviewed: the shortage of scientific evidence supporting the 6-hour loss of consciousness (LOC) diagnostic criterion to discriminate concussion and DAI, the low sensitivity of conventional brain MRI in the detection of DAI lesions, and the inappropriateness of the term diffuse in DAI. Pathological study by brain biopsy is required to confirm DAI; however, performing a brain biopsy for the diagnosis of DAI in a living patient is impossible. Therefore, the diagnosis of DAI in a living patient is clinically determined based on the duration of LOC, clinical manifestations, and the results of conventional brain MRI. There is a shortage of scientific evidence supporting the use of the 6-hour LOC criterion to distinguish DAI from concussion, and axonal injuries have been detected in many concussion cases with a less than 6-hour LOC. Moreover, due to the low sensitivity of conventional brain MRI, which can only detect DAI lesions in approximately half of DAI patients, diagnostic MRI criteria for DAI are not well established. In contrast, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been shown to have high sensitivity for the detection of DAI lesions. As DTI is a relatively new method, further studies aimed at the establishment of diagnostic criteria for DAI detection using DTI are needed. On the other hand, because DAI distribution is not diffuse but multifocal, and because axonal injury lesions have been detected in concussion patients, steps to standardize the use of terms related to axonal injury in both concussion and DAI are necessary.
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ABSTRACT:Cannabidiol (CBD) has been generating increasing interest in medicine due to its therapeutic properties and an apparent lack of negative side effects. Research has suggested that high dosages of CBD can be taken acutely and chronically with little to no risk. This review focuses on the neuroprotective effects of a CBD, with an emphasis on its implications for recovering from a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) or concussion. CBD has been shown to influence the endocannabinoid system, both by affecting cannabinoid receptors and other receptors involved in the endocannabinoid system such as vanilloid receptor 1, adenosine receptors, and 5-hydroxytryptamine via cannabinoid receptor-independent mechanisms. Concussions can result in many physiological consequences, potentially resulting in post-concussion syndrome. While impairments in cerebrovascular and cardiovascular physiology following concussion have been shown, there is unfortunately still no single treatment available to enhance recovery. CBD has been shown to influence the blood brain barrier, brain-derived neurotrophic factors, cognitive capacity, the cerebrovasculature, cardiovascular physiology, and neurogenesis, all of which have been shown to be altered by concussion. CBD can therefore potentially provide treatment to enhance neuroprotection by reducing inflammation, regulating cerebral blood flow, enhancing neurogenesis, and protecting the brain against reactive oxygen species. Double-blind randomized controlled trials are still required to validate the use of CBD as medication following mild TBIs, such as concussion.
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