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Orr TJ, Lesha E, Kramer AH, Cecia A, Dugan JE, Schwartz B, Einhaus SL. Traumatic Brain Injury: A Comprehensive Review of Biomechanics and Molecular Pathophysiology. World Neurosurg 2024; 185:74-88. [PMID: 38272305 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.01.084] [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: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 01/14/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a critical public health concern with profound consequences for affected individuals. This comprehensive literature review delves into TBI intricacies, encompassing primary injury biomechanics and the molecular pathophysiology of the secondary injury cascade. Primary TBI involves a complex interplay of forces, including impact loading, blast overpressure, and impulsive loading, leading to diverse injury patterns. These forces can be categorized into inertial (e.g., rotational acceleration causing focal and diffuse injuries) and contact forces (primarily causing focal injuries like skull fractures). Understanding their interactions is crucial for effective injury management. The secondary injury cascade in TBI comprises multifaceted molecular and cellular responses, including altered ion concentrations, dysfunctional neurotransmitter networks, oxidative stress, and cellular energy disturbances. These disruptions impair synaptic function, neurotransmission, and neuroplasticity, resulting in cognitive and behavioral deficits. Moreover, neuroinflammatory responses play a pivotal role in exacerbating damage. As we endeavor to bridge the knowledge gap between biomechanics and molecular pathophysiology, further research is imperative to unravel the nuanced interplay between mechanical forces and their consequences at the molecular and cellular levels, ultimately guiding the development of targeted therapeutic strategies to mitigate the debilitating effects of TBI. In this study, we aim to provide a concise review of the bridge between biomechanical processes causing primary injury and the ensuing molecular pathophysiology of secondary injury, while detailing the subsequent clinical course for this patient population. This knowledge is crucial for advancing our understanding of TBI and developing effective interventions to improve outcomes for those affected.
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- Taylor J Orr
- College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee; Semmes Murphey Clinic, Memphis, Tennessee
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- College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee; Semmes Murphey Clinic, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee; Semmes Murphey Clinic, Memphis, Tennessee
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Holschneider DP, Guo Y, Wang Z, Vidal M, Scremin OU. Positive Allosteric Modulation of Cholinergic Receptors Improves Spatial Learning after Cortical Contusion Injury in Mice. J Neurotrauma 2019; 36:2233-2245. [PMID: 30688147 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2018.6036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We examined benzyl quinolone carboxylic acid (BQCA), a novel M1 muscarinic-positive allosteric modulator, for improving memory and motor dysfunction after cerebral cortical contusion injury (CCI). Adult mice received unilateral motorsensory cortical CCI or sham injury. Benzyl quinolone carboxylic acid (BQCA; 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg, intraperitoneally [i.p.] × 2/day × 3-4 weeks) or vehicle (Veh) were administered, and weekly evaluations were undertaken using a battery of motor tests, as well as the Morris water maze. Thereafter, cerebral metabolic activation was investigated in awake animals during walking with [14C]-2-deoxygIucose autoradiography, comparing CCI mice previously treated with BQCA (20 mg/kg) or vehicle. Relative changes in local cerebral glucose uptake (rCGU) were evaluated in three-dimensional-reconstructed brains using statistical parametric mapping. CCI resulted in mild hyperactivity in the open field, and modest significant motor deficits, as well as significantly decreased spatial learning at 3 weeks. BQCA in CCI mice resulted in significantly improved spatial recall during the third week, with minimal effects on motor outcomes. CCI significantly decreased rCGU in the ipsilesional basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuit and in somatosensory regions, with relative increases noted contralaterally, as well as in the cerebellum. Significant decreases in rCGU were noted in subregions of the ipsilesional hippocampal formation, with significant increases noted contralesionally. BQCA compared to vehicle-treated mice showed modest, though significantly increased, rCGU in motor regions, as well as a partial reversal of lesion-related rCGU findings in subregions of the hippocampal formation. rCGU in ipsilesional posterior CA1 demonstrated a significant inverse correlation with latency to find the submerged platform. BQCA at 20 mg/kg had no significant effect on general motor activity, body weight, or acute motor, secretory, or respiratory symptoms. Results suggest that BQCA is a candidate compound to improve learning and memory function after brain trauma and may not suffer the associated central nervous system side effects typically associated with even modest doses of other cholinergic enhancers.
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- Daniel P Holschneider
- 1 Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.,2 Department of Neurology, Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.,3 Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
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- 1 Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- 1 Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- 1 Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- 3 Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
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Shin SS, Dixon CE. Alterations in Cholinergic Pathways and Therapeutic Strategies Targeting Cholinergic System after Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma 2015; 32:1429-40. [PMID: 25646580 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in varying degrees of disability in a significant number of persons annually. The mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction after TBI have been explored in both animal models and human clinical studies for decades. Dopaminergic, serotonergic, and noradrenergic dysfunction has been described in many previous reports. In addition, cholinergic dysfunction has also been a familiar topic among TBI researchers for many years. Although pharmacological agents that modulate cholinergic neurotransmission have been used with varying degrees of success in previous studies, improving their function and maximizing cognitive recovery is an ongoing process. In this article, we review the previous findings on the biological mechanism of cholinergic dysfunction after TBI. In addition, we describe studies that use both older agents and newly developed agents as candidates for targeting cholinergic neurotransmission in future studies.
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- Samuel S Shin
- 1 Brain Trauma Research Center, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,2 Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,3 Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- 1 Brain Trauma Research Center, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,2 Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,3 Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,4 Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Tanriverdi F, Schneider HJ, Aimaretti G, Masel BE, Casanueva FF, Kelestimur F. Pituitary dysfunction after traumatic brain injury: a clinical and pathophysiological approach. Endocr Rev 2015; 36:305-42. [PMID: 25950715 DOI: 10.1210/er.2014-1065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a growing public health problem worldwide and is a leading cause of death and disability. The causes of TBI include motor vehicle accidents, which are the most common cause, falls, acts of violence, sports-related head traumas, and war accidents including blast-related brain injuries. Recently, pituitary dysfunction has also been described in boxers and kickboxers. Neuroendocrine dysfunction due to TBI was described for the first time in 1918. Only case reports and small case series were reported until 2000, but since then pituitary function in TBI victims has been investigated in more detail. The frequency of hypopituitarism after TBI varies widely among different studies (15-50% of the patients with TBI in most studies). The estimates of persistent hypopituitarism decrease to 12% if repeated testing is applied. GH is the most common hormone lost after TBI, followed by ACTH, gonadotropins (FSH and LH), and TSH. The underlying mechanisms responsible for pituitary dysfunction after TBI are not entirely clear; however, recent studies have shown that genetic predisposition and autoimmunity may have a role. Hypopituitarism after TBI may have a negative impact on the pace or degree of functional recovery and cognition. What is not clear is whether treatment of hypopituitarism has a beneficial effect on specific function. In this review, the current data related to anterior pituitary dysfunction after TBI in adult patients are updated, and guidelines for the diagnosis, follow-up strategies, and therapeutic approaches are reported.
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- Fatih Tanriverdi
- Erciyes University Medical School (F.T., F.K.), Department of Endocrinology, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV (H.J.S.), Ludwig-Maximilians University, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Translational Medicine (G.A.), University “A. Avogadro” of the Eastern Piedmont, University Hospital Maggiore della Carità, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Department of Neurology (B.E.M.), Transitional Learning Center at Galveston, The Moody Center for Traumatic Brain & Spinal Cord Injury Research/Mission Connect, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77550
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- Faculty of Medicine (F.F.C.), Santiago de Compostela University, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago; CIBER de Fisiopatologia Obesidad y Nutricion, Instituto Salud Carlos III, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain
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- Erciyes University Medical School (F.T., F.K.), Department of Endocrinology, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey
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Scremin OU, Norman KM, Roch M, Holschneider DP, Scremin AE. Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition Interacts with Training To Reverse Spatial Learning Deficits after Cortical Impact Injury. J Neurotrauma 2012; 29:2457-64. [DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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- Oscar U. Scremin
- Research, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Research, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
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- Research, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Cell and Neurobiology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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Shi BZ, Meng XF, Yang JX, Hao XW, Cui T, Lu ZF, Zhang HR, Zhou JC, Liu JF. Effect of erythrocytes on brain water content and haem oxygenase-1 expression in rats with traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2012; 154:1081-6; discussion 1086. [PMID: 22466153 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-012-1335-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2011] [Accepted: 03/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Studies have demonstrated that brain oedema formation following spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage is associated with substances derived from blood clots or blood components. However, these studies did not completely reveal the role of blood components in brain oedema formation following traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage (TICH). Here, we explore the role of erythrocytes in brain oedema development by studying the effect of erythrocytes on brain water content (BWC) and expression of haem oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in rats with TICH. METHODS A total of 120 Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four experimental treatment groups: traumatic brain injury (TBI), TBI plus whole blood (WB), TBI plus lysed red blood cells (RBCs; LRBC) and TBI plus packed RBCs (PRBC). Following TBI, which was established by applying a free-falling device, WB, LRBC or PRBC were infused with stereotactic guidance into the injured cortex to produce a model of TICH. All rats were killed at 1, 3 or 5 days after TBI or TICH. BWC was measured, and immunohistochemistry for HO-1 was performed. RESULTS In the WB, PRBC and TBI groups, BWC at 3 days post-TBI or post-TICH was the greatest. However, BWC in the LRBC group at 1 day was markedly higher than that at 3 and 5 days. Comparisons among the four groups showed that BWC in the LRBC group was the highest at 1 day, and the highest at 3 days in the WB and PRBC groups; there was no significant difference at 5 days. Positive expression of HO-1 in the WB, PRBC and LRBC groups coincided with changes in BWC. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that erythrocytes play an important role in delayed brain oedema formation (3 days post-injury) following TICH, but have no significant influence on brain oedema at early stages (1 day post-injury), and that the mechanisms of delayed brain oedema involve RBC breakdown products.
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- Bao-Zhong Shi
- Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China.
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Holschneider DP, Guo Y, Roch M, Norman KM, Scremin OU. Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition and Locomotor Function after Motor-Sensory Cortex Impact Injury. J Neurotrauma 2011; 28:1909-19. [DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.1978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Daniel P. Holschneider
- Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, USC Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Neurology, USC Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Cell and Neurobiology, USC Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, California
- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, USC Keck School of Medicine at USC, Los Angeles, California
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- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
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- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
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- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
- Physiology Department, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
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Zheng CY, Zhang HY, Tang XC. Huperzine A attenuates mitochondrial dysfunction after middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats. J Neurosci Res 2008; 86:2432-40. [DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The knowledge of the pathophysiology after traumatic head injury is necessary for adequate and patient-oriented treatment. As the primary insult, which represents the direct mechanical damage, cannot be therapeutically influenced, target of the treatment is the limitation of the secondary damage (delayed non-mechanical damage). It is influenced by changes in cerebral blood flow (hypo- and hyperperfusion), impairment of cerebrovascular autoregulation, cerebral metabolic dysfunction and inadequate cerebral oxygenation. Furthermore, excitotoxic cell damage and inflammation may lead to apoptotic and necrotic cell death. Understanding the multidimensional cascade of secondary brain injury offers differentiated therapeutic options.
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- C Werner
- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, D-55131 Mainz, Germany.
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Scremin OU, Li MG, Scremin AME. Cortical contusion induces trans-hemispheric reorganization of blood flow maps. Brain Res 2007; 1141:235-41. [PMID: 17275796 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2006] [Revised: 12/31/2006] [Accepted: 01/03/2007] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Cerebral blood flow (CBF), a surrogate of neural activity in the identification of brain regions involved in specific functions, has been used in this report to trace the compensatory enhancement of activity in non-traumatized areas of the brain following a focal lesion. We have previously shown activation of CBF in the cortex contralateral to a focal contusion, 24 h after the event. The present report extends the characterization of this trans-hemispheric cortical blood flow activation by studying its time course and regional distribution from 4 days to 4 weeks post-trauma. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats received a cortical impact through a 6.3 mm craniotomy under halothane anesthesia. CBF was measured with the quantitative autoradiographic (14)C-Iodoantipyrine technique, in conscious animals, 4 days, 2 weeks and 4 weeks post-trauma. CBF was severely decreased at the site of impact where necrosis developed later, and it remained depressed in the surrounding areas throughout the observation period. Trans-hemispheric CBF enhancement was maximal at 4 days and it returned to control levels 28 days post-trauma. This phenomenon was present in all cortical regions symmetrical to the impact zone, but also in auditory, visual, entorhinal and insular cortex. These results suggest that the participation of the contralateral cortex in the recovery from unilateral brain trauma is not limited to the regions homologous to those that received the impact. The time course of CBF changes was found to be consistent with the recovery of motor function in this model.
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- O U Scremin
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, USA.
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Scremin OU, Li MG, Roch M, Booth R, Jenden DJ. Acetylcholine and choline dynamics provide early and late markers of traumatic brain injury. Brain Res 2006; 1124:155-66. [PMID: 17084821 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.09.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2006] [Revised: 09/17/2006] [Accepted: 09/19/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We assessed acetylcholine (ACh) and choline (Ch) dynamics 2.5 h, 1, 4 and 14 days after cerebral cortex impact injury or craniotomy only in adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. Cortical endogenous ACh (D0ACh), endogenous free Ch (D0Ch), deuterium-labeled Ch (D4Ch), and ACh synthesized from D4Ch (D4ACh) were measured by gas-chromatography mass-spectrometry after intravenous injection of D4Ch followed in 1 min by microwave fixation of the brain. D0Ch increased in and around the impact up to 700% of control within 1 day after trauma. Smaller D0Ch increases were found in the cortex contralateral to the impact and in both hemispheres after craniotomy only. D4Ch contents increased to 200% in the impact and surrounding regions 4-14 days post-trauma, with lower increases 2.5 h post-trauma. D0ACh decreased at all times post-trauma in the impact center, and initially in the periphery and adjacent regions with a recovery at 14 days. Similar D0ACh decreases, although of lesser extent and magnitude were present in the craniotomy only group. D4ACh showed a peak at one day post-trauma in all regions studied in the impact and craniotomy groups. In conclusion, D0Ch tissue level was an early marker of trauma, while 14 days after trauma Ch uptake from blood was enhanced in and around the traumatized cortex. Craniotomy by itself induced a generalized increase in ACh turnover 1 day after this minimal trauma. Choline acetyltransferase activity was reduced in the impact center region but not affected in the adjacent and contralateral regions or by craniotomy.
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- Oscar U Scremin
- Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Research Service, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA.
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DeWitt DS, Prough DS. Traumatic Cerebral Vascular Injury: The Effects of Concussive Brain Injury on the Cerebral Vasculature. J Neurotrauma 2003; 20:795-825. [PMID: 14577860 DOI: 10.1089/089771503322385755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In terms of human suffering, medical expenses, and lost productivity, head injury is one of the major health care problems in the United States, and inadequate cerebral blood flow is an important contributor to mortality and morbidity after traumatic brain injury. Despite the importance of cerebral vascular dysfunction in the pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury, the effects of trauma on the cerebral circulation have been less well studied than the effects of trauma on the brain. Recent research has led to a better understanding of the physiologic, cellular, and molecular components and causes of traumatic cerebral vascular injury. A more thorough understanding of the direct and indirect effects of trauma on the cerebral vasculature will lead to improvements in current treatments of brain trauma as well as to the development of novel and, hopefully, more effective therapeutic strategies.
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- Douglas S DeWitt
- Charles R. Allen Research Laboratories, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-0830, USA.
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Kochanek PM, Hendrich KS, Dixon CE, Schiding JK, Williams DS, Ho C. Cerebral blood flow at one year after controlled cortical impact in rats: assessment by magnetic resonance imaging. J Neurotrauma 2002; 19:1029-37. [PMID: 12482116 DOI: 10.1089/089771502760341947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Progressive tissue loss and delayed cognitive deficits are seen in rats during the initial year after experimental traumatic brain injury (TBI). As much as 10% of parenchymal volume is lost even in the contralateral hemisphere by 1 year after controlled cortical impact (CCI) in rats. Progressive declines in cerebral blood flow (CBF) are also associated with advanced age and neurodegenerative diseases. Surprisingly, the long-term effects of TBI on CBF remain undefined. CBF was quantified by continuous arterial spin-labeled magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and measurements of spin-lattice relaxation time in a slice through the plane of injury at 1 year after experimental TBI produced by CCI (n = 4) or sham surgery (n = 4) in rats. CBF was quantified in six regions of interest (ROIs) that were anatomically identified on the control images in each hemisphere and included a medial cortical segment (contusion-enriched, beneath the impact site, on the ipsilateral side) cortex, hippocampus, thalamus, amygdala/pyriform cortex, and hemisphere. At 1 year after injury, CBF was dramatically (96%) reduced in structures within the large cystic lesion that was seen in three of four rats and variably included cortex and hippocampus. Overall, there was an 80% reduction in CBF in the ipsilateral medial cortical segment comparing CCI and sham groups. Similarly, 52% and 67% reductions were seen in CBF in the cortical and hippocampal ROIs ipsilateral to impact (CCI vs. sham), respectively. These are regions both with marked CBF disturbances early after injury and that ultimately suffer considerable tissue loss over the 1-year interval. However, at 1 year after CCI, CBF was not different from sham in other ROIs, including ipsilateral thalamus, or either contralateral hippocampus or hemisphere. We conclude that, at 1 year after CCI, CBF is reduced in anatomic structures at or near the impact site, including injured cortex and hippocampus, and this translates into a reduction in hemispheric CBF. However, despite both significant occult tissue loss ipsilateral and contralateral to the injury and delayed cognitive deficits, widespread reductions in CBF are not observed. This suggests the possibility of remodeling or repackaging of the brain that preserves CBF outside of the cystic lesion.
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- Patrick M Kochanek
- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology, Center for Resuscitation Research, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
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Gasparovic C, Arfai N, Smid N, Feeney DM. Decrease and recovery of N-acetylaspartate/creatine in rat brain remote from focal injury. J Neurotrauma 2001; 18:241-6. [PMID: 11284545 DOI: 10.1089/08977150151070856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) studies on traumatic brain injury (TBI) have shown that the neuronal metabolite N-acetylaspartate (NAA) may be reduced in regions of brain remote from sites of focal injury. Such reductions have generally been attributed to diffuse axonal injury (DAI) or neuron death. The aim of the present study was to investigate the contribution of metabolic depression, in the absence of DAI or cell death, to remote NAA reduction after TBI. The right sensorimotor cortices of adult rats were injured by weight drop. Two and six days later, tissue slices from the ipsilateral occipital cortex, or from the same region in uninjured rats, were superfused and examined by 1H-MRS. The occipital cortex has been shown to have negligible DAI or cell death but marked transient metabolic depression in this model of TBI. Two days after injury, the ratio of the NAA peak height to the total creatine peak height (NAA/TCr) was 14% lower than in control samples. Six days after injury, NAA/TCr recovered to within 7% of the control value. The time course of NAA/TCr decrease and recovery was similar to the time courses of widespread depression and recovery of 2-deoxyglucose uptake and mitochondrial alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity measured previously in this model of TBI. Together, these results suggest that at least one component of remote NAA depression after TBI may be associated with a widespread and reversible metabolic depression that is unrelated to either DAI or cell death.
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- C Gasparovic
- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87131, USA.
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Kline AE, Jenkins LW, Yan HQ, Dixon CE. Neurotransmitter and Growth Factor Alterations in Functional Deficits and Recovery Following Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain Inj 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1721-4_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/24/2023]
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Krishnappa IK, Contant CF, Robertson CS. Regional changes in cerebral extracellular glucose and lactate concentrations following severe cortical impact injury and secondary ischemia in rats. J Neurotrauma 1999; 16:213-24. [PMID: 10195469 DOI: 10.1089/neu.1999.16.213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes the brain to be more susceptible to secondary insults, and the occurrence of a secondary insult after trauma increases the damage that develops in the brain. To study the synergistic effect of trauma and ischemia on brain energy metabolites, regional changes in the extracellular concentrations of glucose and lactate following a severe cortical impact injury were measured employing a microdialysis technique. Three microdialysis probes were placed in center of the impact site, in an area adjacent to the impact site, and in the contralateral parietal cortex, and perfused with artificial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) at 2 microl/min. Rats were assigned to one of the following experimental groups (n = 7 per group): (1) combined impact injury and secondary insult, (2) impact injury with sham secondary insult, (3) sham impact with secondary insult, or (4) sham impact and sham secondary insult. The impact injury was produced with a pneumatic impactor (5 m/sec, 3-mm deformation). One hour following the impact injury, a secondary insult was produced by bilateral carotid occlusion for 1 h. The impact injury resulted in a three- to fivefold global increase in dialysate lactate concentrations, with a corresponding fall in dialysate glucose concentration by 50% compared to no change in lactate or glucose concentrations in sham-injured animals (p < .0001 for both lactate and glucose). The secondary insult resulted in a second increase in dialysate lactate and decrease in dialysate glucose concentration that was significantly greater in the animals that had suffered the impact injury than in the sham-injured animals. Ischemia and traumatic injury have synergistic effects on lactate accumulation and on glucose depletion in the brain that probably reflects persisting ischemia, but may also indicate mitochondrial abnormalities and inhibition of oxidative metabolism.
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- I K Krishnappa
- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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McIntosh TK, Juhler M, Wieloch T. Novel pharmacologic strategies in the treatment of experimental traumatic brain injury: 1998. J Neurotrauma 1998; 15:731-69. [PMID: 9814632 DOI: 10.1089/neu.1998.15.731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
The mechanisms underlying secondary or delayed cell death following traumatic brain injury are poorly understood. Recent evidence from experimental models suggests that widespread neuronal loss is progressive and continues in selectively vulnerable brain regions for months to years after the initial insult. The mechanisms underlying delayed cell death are believed to result, in part, from the release or activation of endogenous "autodestructive" pathways induced by the traumatic injury. The development of sophisticated neurochemical, histopathological and molecular techniques to study animal models of TBI have enabled researchers to begin to explore the cellular and genomic pathways that mediate cell damage and death. This new knowledge has stimulated the development of novel therapeutic agents designed to modify gene expression, synthesis, release, receptor or functional activity of these pathological factors with subsequent attenuation of cellular damage and improvement in behavioral function. This article represents a compendium of recent studies suggesting that modification of post-traumatic neurochemical and cellular events with targeted pharmacotherapy can promote functional recovery following traumatic injury to the central nervous system.
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Affiliation(s)
- T K McIntosh
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6316, USA
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