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The developing brain is remarkably plastic as it changes in response to a wide range of experiences including sensory and motor experience, psychoactive drugs, peer relationships, parent-infant interactions, gonadal hormones, intestinal flora, diet, and injury. There are sensitive periods for many of these experiences, including cerebral injury. Comparisons across mammalian species (humans, monkeys, cats, rats, mice) show a sensitive period for good outcomes from cerebral injury around the time of intense synaptogenesis. This period is postnatal in humans, cats, and rats, but prenatal in monkeys, reflecting the differences in neuronal development at birth across species. In addition, there appears to be a sensitive period prenatally during the time of maximum cortical neurogenesis and possibly during adolescence as well, although these periods are not as well studied as the period related to synaptogenesis and to date only examined in rats. Here we review the evidence for sensitive periods related to brain injury across species and propose mechanisms that may underlie the plasticity during these periods.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bryan Kolb
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada.
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Pang Q, Zhang H, Chen Z, Wu Y, Bai M, Liu Y, Zhao Y, Tu F, Liu C, Chen X. Role of caveolin-1/vascular endothelial growth factor pathway in basic fibroblast growth factor-induced angiogenesis and neurogenesis after treadmill training following focal cerebral ischemia in rats. Brain Res 2017; 1663:9-19. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2017.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Revised: 03/07/2017] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kline AE, Leary JB, Radabaugh HL, Cheng JP, Bondi CO. Combination therapies for neurobehavioral and cognitive recovery after experimental traumatic brain injury: Is more better? Prog Neurobiol 2016; 142:45-67. [PMID: 27166858 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2016.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Revised: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 05/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant health care crisis that affects two million individuals in the United Sates alone and over ten million worldwide each year. While numerous monotherapies have been evaluated and shown to be beneficial at the bench, similar results have not translated to the clinic. One reason for the lack of successful translation may be due to the fact that TBI is a heterogeneous disease that affects multiple mechanisms, thus requiring a therapeutic approach that can act on complementary, rather than single, targets. Hence, the use of combination therapies (i.e., polytherapy) has emerged as a viable approach. Stringent criteria, such as verification of each individual treatment plus the combination, a focus on behavioral outcome, and post-injury vs. pre-injury treatments, were employed to determine which studies were appropriate for review. The selection process resulted in 37 papers that fit the specifications. The review, which is the first to comprehensively assess the effects of combination therapies on behavioral outcomes after TBI, encompasses five broad categories (inflammation, oxidative stress, neurotransmitter dysregulation, neurotrophins, and stem cells, with and without rehabilitative therapies). Overall, the findings suggest that combination therapies can be more beneficial than monotherapies as indicated by 46% of the studies exhibiting an additive or synergistic positive effect versus on 19% reporting a negative interaction. These encouraging findings serve as an impetus for continued combination studies after TBI and ultimately for the development of successful clinically relevant therapies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anthony E Kline
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States, United States; Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States.
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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AbstractCentral nervous system (CNS) injuries affect all levels of society indiscriminately, resulting in functional and behavioral deficits with devastating impacts on life expectancies, physical and emotional wellbeing. Considerable literature exists describing the pathophysiology of CNS injuries as well as the cellular and molecular factors that inhibit regrowth and regeneration of damaged connections. Based on these data, numerous therapeutic strategies targeting the various factors of repair inhibition have been proposed and on-going assessment has demonstrated some promising results in the laboratory environ. However, several of these treatment strategies have subsequently been taken into clinical trials but demonstrated little to no improvement in patient outcomes. As a result, options for clinical interventions following CNS injuries remain limited and effective restorative treatment strategies do not as yet exist. This review discusses some of the current animal models, with focus on nonhuman primates, which are currently being modeled in the laboratory for the study of CNS injuries. Last, we review the current understanding of the mechanisms underlying repair/regrowth inhibition and the current trends in experimental treatment strategies that are being assessed for potential translation to clinical applications.
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