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Bindu TS, Vyas S, Khandelwal N, Bhatia V, Dhandapani S, Kumar A, Ahuja CK. Role of whole-brain computed tomography perfusion in head injury patients to predict outcome. Indian J Radiol Imaging 2021; 27:268-273. [PMID: 29089671 PMCID: PMC5644316 DOI: 10.4103/ijri.ijri_454_16] [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] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate utility, pattern, and extent of perfusion abnormalities in traumatic brain injury by using whole-brain computed tomography perfusion (CTP) and to assess co-relation of CTP data clinically with Glasgow outcome score (GOS). MATERIALS AND METHODS Prospective analytic evaluation of the traumatic head injury patients who were immediately taken up for CTP was done. Patient's demographic, clinical, and radiological findings were tabulated and analyzed. GOS was measured by a neurosurgeon after 3 months of trauma who was blinded to CTP results. RESULTS Of the 78 patients included in this study, 28 patients were found to have GOS 5, 19 of them had GOS 4, 27 of them had GOS 3, and 4 of them had a GOS 2. Higher mean cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebral blood volume (CBV) values were observed in those who had a better GOS, i.e., 4 or 5, whereas those in the GOS range ≤3 had lower mean CBF and CBV values. CONCLUSION Statistically significant positive correlation was found between cerebral perfusion parameters with that of GOS. CBF of frontal area shows better correlation with GOS. CBF was the most important predictor among all the perfusion parameters.
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- T S Bindu
- Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Milej D, He L, Abdalmalak A, Baker WB, Anazodo UC, Diop M, Dolui S, Kavuri VC, Pavlosky W, Wang L, Balu R, Detre JA, Amendolia O, Quattrone F, Kofke WA, Yodh AG, St Lawrence K. Quantification of cerebral blood flow in adults by contrast-enhanced near-infrared spectroscopy: Validation against MRI. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2020; 40:1672-1684. [PMID: 31500522 PMCID: PMC7370369 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x19872564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of absolute cerebral blood flow (CBF) measurements obtained by dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) using indocyanine green as a perfusion contrast agent. For validation, CBF was measured independently using the MRI perfusion method arterial spin labeling (ASL). Data were acquired at two sites and under two flow conditions (normocapnia and hypercapnia). Depth sensitivity was enhanced using time-resolved detection, which was demonstrated in a separate set of experiments using a tourniquet to temporally impede scalp blood flow. A strong correlation between CBF measurements from ASL and DCE-NIRS was observed (slope = 0.99 ± 0.08, y-intercept = -1.7 ± 7.4 mL/100 g/min, and R2 = 0.88). Mean difference between the two techniques was 1.9 mL/100 g/min (95% confidence interval ranged from -15 to 19 mL/100g/min and the mean ASL CBF was 75.4 mL/100 g/min). Error analysis showed that structural information and baseline absorption coefficient were needed for optimal CBF reconstruction with DCE-NIRS. This study demonstrated that DCE-NIRS is sensitive to blood flow in the adult brain and can provide accurate CBF measurements with the appropriate modeling techniques.
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- Daniel Milej
- Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- Imaging Division, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- Imaging Division, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- Imaging Division, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- Imaging Division, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Imaging Division, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- Imaging Division, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
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Najem D, Rennie K, Ribecco-Lutkiewicz M, Ly D, Haukenfrers J, Liu Q, Nzau M, Fraser DD, Bani-Yaghoub M. Traumatic brain injury: classification, models, and markers. Biochem Cell Biol 2018; 96:391-406. [PMID: 29370536 DOI: 10.1139/bcb-2016-0160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Due to its high incidence rate and often long-term sequelae, TBI contributes significantly to increasing costs of health care expenditures annually. Unfortunately, advances in the field have been stifled by patient and injury heterogeneity that pose a major challenge in TBI prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. In this review, we briefly discuss the causes of TBI, followed by its prevalence, classification, and pathophysiology. The current imaging detection methods and animal models used to study brain injury are examined. We discuss the potential use of molecular markers in detecting and monitoring the progression of TBI, with particular emphasis on microRNAs as a novel class of molecular modulators of injury and its repair in the neural tissue.
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- Dema Najem
- a Department of Translational Bioscience, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
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- a Department of Translational Bioscience, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
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- a Department of Translational Bioscience, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
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- a Department of Translational Bioscience, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
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- a Department of Translational Bioscience, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
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- a Department of Translational Bioscience, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada.,b Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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- c Paediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
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- d Children's Health Research Institute, London, ON N6C 2V5, Canada.,e Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- a Department of Translational Bioscience, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada.,f Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada
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Tremoleda JL, Thau-Zuchman O, Davies M, Foster J, Khan I, Vadivelu KC, Yip PK, Sosabowski J, Trigg W, Michael-Titus AT. In vivo PET imaging of the neuroinflammatory response in rat spinal cord injury using the TSPO tracer [(18)F]GE-180 and effect of docosahexaenoic acid. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2016; 43:1710-22. [PMID: 27154521 PMCID: PMC4932147 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-016-3391-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Purpose Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition which affects millions of people worldwide causing major disability and substantial socioeconomic burden. There are currently no effective treatments. Modulating the neuroinflammatory (NI) response after SCI has evolved as a major therapeutic strategy. PET can be used to detect the upregulation of the 18-kDa translocator protein (TSPO), a hallmark of activated microglia in the CNS. We investigated whether PET imaging using the novel TSPO tracer [18F]GE-180 can be used as a clinically relevant biomarker for NI in a contusion SCI rat model, and we present data on the modulation of NI by the lipid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Methods A total of 22 adult male Wistar rats were subjected to controlled spinal cord contusion at the T10 spinal cord level. Six non-injured and ten T10 laminectomy only (LAM) animals were used as controls. A subset of six SCI animals were treated with a single intravenous dose of 250 nmol/kg DHA (SCI-DHA group) 30 min after injury; a saline-injected group of six animals was used as an injection control. PET and CT imaging was carried out 7 days after injury using the [18F]GE-180 radiotracer. After imaging, the animals were killed and the spinal cord dissected out for biodistribution and autoradiography studies. In vivo data were correlated with ex vivo immunohistochemistry for TSPO. Results In vivo dynamic PET imaging revealed an increase in tracer uptake in the spinal cord of the SCI animals compared with the non-injured and LAM animals from 35 min after injection (P < 0.0001; SCI vs. LAM vs. non-injured). Biodistribution and autoradiography studies confirmed the high affinity and specific [18F]GE-180 binding in the injured spinal cord compared with the binding in the control groups. Furthermore, they also showed decreased tracer uptake in the T10 SCI area in relation to the non-injured remainder of the spinal cord in the SCI-DHA group compared with the SCI-saline group (P < 0.05), supporting a NI modulatory effect of DHA. Immunohistochemistry showed a high level of TSPO expression (38 %) at the T10 injury site in SCI animals compared with that in the non-injured animals (6 %). Conclusion [18F]GE-180 PET imaging can reveal areas of increased TSPO expression that can be visualized and quantified in vivo after SCI, offering a minimally invasive approach to the monitoring of NI in SCI models and providing a translatable clinical readout for the testing of new therapies. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00259-016-3391-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- J L Tremoleda
- Centre for Trauma Sciences, The Blizard Institute, London, UK.
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- Centre for Trauma Sciences, The Blizard Institute, London, UK
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- Centre for Trauma Sciences, The Blizard Institute, London, UK
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- Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University London, London, UK
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- GE Healthcare Ltd, Amersham, UK
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- Centre for Trauma Sciences, The Blizard Institute, London, UK
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- Centre for Trauma Sciences, The Blizard Institute, London, UK
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- Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University London, London, UK
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- GE Healthcare Ltd, Amersham, UK
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Papa L, Zonfrillo MR, Ramirez J, Silvestri S, Giordano P, Braga CF, Tan CN, Ameli NJ, Lopez M, Mittal MK. Performance of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein in Detecting Traumatic Intracranial Lesions on Computed Tomography in Children and Youth With Mild Head Trauma. Acad Emerg Med 2015; 22:1274-82. [PMID: 26469937 DOI: 10.1111/acem.12795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2015] [Revised: 05/21/2015] [Accepted: 07/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study examined the performance of serum glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in detecting traumatic intracranial lesions on computed tomography (CT) scan in children and youth with mild and moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) and assessed its performance in trauma control patients without head trauma. METHODS This prospective cohort study enrolled children and youth presenting to three Level I trauma centers following blunt head trauma with Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores of 9 to 15, as well as trauma control patients with GCS scores of 15 who did not have blunt head trauma. The primary outcome measure was the presence of intracranial lesions on initial CT scan. Blood samples were obtained in all patients within 6 hours of injury and measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for GFAP (ng/mL). RESULTS A total of 257 children and youth were enrolled in the study and had serum samples drawn within 6 hours of injury for analysis: 197 had blunt head trauma and 60 were trauma controls. CT scan of the head was performed in 152 patients and traumatic intracranial lesions on CT scan were evident in 18 (11%), all of whom had GCS scores of 13 to 15. When serum levels of GFAP were compared in children and youth with traumatic intracranial lesions on CT scan to those without CT lesions, median GFAP levels were significantly higher in those with intracranial lesions (1.01, interquartile range [IQR] = 0.59 to 1.48) than those without lesions (0.18, IQR = 0.06 to 0.47). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for GFAP in detecting children and youth with traumatic intracranial lesions on CT was 0.82 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.71 to 0.93). In those presenting with GCS scores of 15, the AUC for detecting lesions was 0.80 (95% CI = 0.68 to 0.92). Similarly, in children under 5 years old the AUC was 0.83 (95% CI = 0.56 to 1.00). Performance for detecting intracranial lesions at a GFAP cutoff level of 0.15 ng/mL yielded a sensitivity of 94%, a specificity of 47%, and a negative predictive value of 98%. CONCLUSIONS In children and youth of all ages, GFAP measured within 6 hours of injury was associated with traumatic intracranial lesions on CT and with severity of TBI. Further study is required to validate these findings before clinical application.
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- Linda Papa
- Department of Emergency Medicine; Orlando Regional Medical Center; Orlando FL
- Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children; Orlando FL
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- Division of Emergency Medicine; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia PA
- Department of Pediatrics; Perelman School of Medicine; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA
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- Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children; Orlando FL
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- Department of Emergency Medicine; Orlando Regional Medical Center; Orlando FL
- Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children; Orlando FL
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- Department of Emergency Medicine; Orlando Regional Medical Center; Orlando FL
- Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children; Orlando FL
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- Department of Emergency Medicine; Orlando Regional Medical Center; Orlando FL
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- Department of Emergency Medicine; Orlando Regional Medical Center; Orlando FL
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- Department of Emergency Medicine; Orlando Regional Medical Center; Orlando FL
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- Department of Emergency Medicine; Orlando Regional Medical Center; Orlando FL
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- Division of Emergency Medicine; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia PA
- Department of Pediatrics; Perelman School of Medicine; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia PA
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Reis C, Wang Y, Akyol O, Ho WM, Ii RA, Stier G, Martin R, Zhang JH. What's New in Traumatic Brain Injury: Update on Tracking, Monitoring and Treatment. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:11903-65. [PMID: 26016501 PMCID: PMC4490422 DOI: 10.3390/ijms160611903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Revised: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI), defined as an alteration in brain functions caused by an external force, is responsible for high morbidity and mortality around the world. It is important to identify and treat TBI victims as early as possible. Tracking and monitoring TBI with neuroimaging technologies, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), positron emission tomography (PET), and high definition fiber tracking (HDFT) show increasing sensitivity and specificity. Classical electrophysiological monitoring, together with newly established brain-on-chip, cerebral microdialysis techniques, both benefit TBI. First generation molecular biomarkers, based on genomic and proteomic changes following TBI, have proven effective and economical. It is conceivable that TBI-specific biomarkers will be developed with the combination of systems biology and bioinformation strategies. Advances in treatment of TBI include stem cell-based and nanotechnology-based therapy, physical and pharmaceutical interventions and also new use in TBI for approved drugs which all present favorable promise in preventing and reversing TBI.
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- Cesar Reis
- Department of Anesthesiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 11041 Campus Street, Risley Hall, Room 219, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Jinan, Guangzhou 250012, China.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 11041 Campus Street, Risley Hall, Room 219, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 11041 Campus Street, Risley Hall, Room 219, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Innsbruck, Tyrol 6020, Austria.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 11041 Campus Street, Risley Hall, Room 219, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
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Laitinen T, Sierra A, Bolkvadze T, Pitkänen A, Gröhn O. Diffusion tensor imaging detects chronic microstructural changes in white and gray matter after traumatic brain injury in rat. Front Neurosci 2015; 9:128. [PMID: 25954146 PMCID: PMC4406060 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability and death in people of all ages worldwide. An initial brain injury caused by external mechanical forces triggers a cascade of tissue changes that lead to a wide spectrum of symptoms and disabilities, such as cognitive deficits, mood or anxiety disorders, motor impairments, chronic pain, and epilepsy. We investigated the detectability of secondary injury at a chronic time-point using ex vivo diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in a rat model of TBI, lateral fluid percussion (LFP) injury. Our analysis of ex vivo DTI data revealed persistent microstructural tissue changes in white matter tracts, such as the splenium of the corpus callosum, angular bundle, and internal capsule. Histologic examination revealed mainly loss of myelinated axons and/or iron accumulation. Gray matter areas in the thalamus exhibited an increase in fractional anisotropy associated with neurodegeneration, myelinated fiber loss, and/or calcifications at the chronic phase. In addition, we examined whether these changes could also be detected with in vivo settings at the same chronic time-point. Our results provide insight into DTI detection of microstructural changes in the chronic phase of TBI, and elucidate how these changes correlate with cellular level alterations.
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- Teemu Laitinen
- Department of Neurobiology, A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurobiology, A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurobiology, A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurobiology, A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland Kuopio, Finland ; Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurobiology, A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland Kuopio, Finland
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This article focuses on advancements in neuroimaging techniques, compares the advantages of each of the modalities in the evaluation of mild traumatic brain injury, and discusses their contribution to our understanding of the pathophysiology as it relates to prognosis. Advanced neuroimaging techniques discussed include anatomic/structural imaging techniques, such as diffusion tensor imaging and susceptibility-weighted imaging, and functional imaging techniques, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging, perfusion-weighted imaging, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and positron emission tomography.
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- Laszlo L Mechtler
- Department of Neurology and Neuro-Oncology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14223, USA; Dent Neurologic Institute, 3980A Sheridan Drive, Suite 101, Amherst, NY 14226, USA.
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Prieto-Valderrey F, Muñiz-Montes J, López-García J, Villegas-del Ojo J, Málaga-Gil J, Galván-García R. Utilidad de la resonancia magnética potenciada en difusión en pacientes con lesiones focales por traumatismo craneoencefálico grave. Med Intensiva 2013; 37:375-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2012.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2011] [Revised: 05/25/2012] [Accepted: 07/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hunter JV, Wilde EA, Tong KA, Holshouser BA. Emerging imaging tools for use with traumatic brain injury research. J Neurotrauma 2012; 29:654-71. [PMID: 21787167 PMCID: PMC3289847 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.1906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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This article identifies emerging neuroimaging measures considered by the inter-agency Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Neuroimaging Workgroup. This article attempts to address some of the potential uses of more advanced forms of imaging in TBI as well as highlight some of the current considerations and unresolved challenges of using them. We summarize emerging elements likely to gain more widespread use in the coming years, because of 1) their utility in diagnosis, prognosis, and understanding the natural course of degeneration or recovery following TBI, and potential for evaluating treatment strategies; 2) the ability of many centers to acquire these data with scanners and equipment that are readily available in existing clinical and research settings; and 3) advances in software that provide more automated, readily available, and cost-effective analysis methods for large scale data image analysis. These include multi-slice CT, volumetric MRI analysis, susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), magnetization transfer imaging (MTI), arterial spin tag labeling (ASL), functional MRI (fMRI), including resting state and connectivity MRI, MR spectroscopy (MRS), and hyperpolarization scanning. However, we also include brief introductions to other specialized forms of advanced imaging that currently do require specialized equipment, for example, single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET), encephalography (EEG), and magnetoencephalography (MEG)/magnetic source imaging (MSI). Finally, we identify some of the challenges that users of the emerging imaging CDEs may wish to consider, including quality control, performing multi-site and longitudinal imaging studies, and MR scanning in infants and children.
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- Jill V Hunter
- Department of Pediatric Radiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Agoston DV, Risling M, Bellander BM. Bench-to-bedside and bedside back to the bench; coordinating clinical and experimental traumatic brain injury studies. Front Neurol 2012; 3:3. [PMID: 22347208 PMCID: PMC3270391 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2012.00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2011] [Accepted: 01/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading cause of death and long-term disability in virtually every country. Advances in neurointensive care have resulted in steadily decreasing morbidity, but the number of individuals with severe long-term disability have not changed significantly and the number of moderate disability has shown steady increase over the last 3 decades. Despite years of intensive preclinical research – and millions spent – there are virtually no drugs specifically developed to mitigate the consequences of TBI. Here we discuss some of the existing gaps between clinical and experimental TBI studies that may have contributed to the current status. We do this hoping that clinical, basic, and translational scientists will design and coordinate studies in order to achieve maximum benefits for TBI patients. In conclusion, we suggest to: (1) Develop consensus-based guidelines for experimental TBI research, similar to “best practices” in the clinic; (2) Generate a consensus-based template for clinical data collection and deposition as well as for experimental TBI data collection and deposition; (3) Use a systems biology approach and create a database for integrating existing data from basic and clinical research.
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- Denes V Agoston
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, USA
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Papa L, Lewis LM, Falk JL, Zhang Z, Silvestri S, Giordano P, Brophy GM, Demery JA, Dixit NK, Ferguson I, Liu MC, Mo J, Akinyi L, Schmid K, Mondello S, Robertson CS, Tortella FC, Hayes RL, Wang KKW. Elevated levels of serum glial fibrillary acidic protein breakdown products in mild and moderate traumatic brain injury are associated with intracranial lesions and neurosurgical intervention. Ann Emerg Med 2011; 59:471-83. [PMID: 22071014 DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2011] [Revised: 08/24/2011] [Accepted: 08/30/2011] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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STUDY OBJECTIVE This study examines whether serum levels of glial fibrillary acidic protein breakdown products (GFAP-BDP) are elevated in patients with mild and moderate traumatic brain injury compared with controls and whether they are associated with traumatic intracranial lesions on computed tomography (CT) scan (positive CT result) and with having a neurosurgical intervention. METHODS This prospective cohort study enrolled adult patients presenting to 3 Level I trauma centers after blunt head trauma with loss of consciousness, amnesia, or disorientation and a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 9 to 15. Control groups included normal uninjured controls and trauma controls presenting to the emergency department with orthopedic injuries or a motor vehicle crash without traumatic brain injury. Blood samples were obtained in all patients within 4 hours of injury and measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for GFAP-BDP (nanograms/milliliter). RESULTS Of the 307 patients enrolled, 108 were patients with traumatic brain injury (97 with GCS score 13 to 15 and 11 with GCS score 9 to 12) and 199 were controls (176 normal controls and 16 motor vehicle crash controls and 7 orthopedic controls). Receiver operating characteristic curves demonstrated that early GFAP-BDP levels were able to distinguish patients with traumatic brain injury from uninjured controls with an area under the curve of 0.90 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.86 to 0.94) and differentiated traumatic brain injury with a GCS score of 15 with an area under the curve of 0.88 (95% CI 0.82 to 0.93). Thirty-two patients with traumatic brain injury (30%) had lesions on CT. The area under these curves for discriminating patients with CT lesions versus those without CT lesions was 0.79 (95% CI 0.69 to 0.89). Moreover, the receiver operating characteristic curve for distinguishing neurosurgical intervention from no neurosurgical intervention yielded an area under the curve of 0.87 (95% CI 0.77 to 0.96). CONCLUSION GFAP-BDP is detectable in serum within an hour of injury and is associated with measures of injury severity, including the GCS score, CT lesions, and neurosurgical intervention. Further study is required to validate these findings before clinical application.
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- Linda Papa
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL, USA.
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Duncan CC, Summers AC, Perla EJ, Coburn KL, Mirsky AF. Evaluation of traumatic brain injury: Brain potentials in diagnosis, function, and prognosis. Int J Psychophysiol 2011; 82:24-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2010] [Revised: 02/11/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Woods AJ, Mark VW, Pitts AC, Mennemeier M. Pervasive cognitive impairment in acute rehabilitation inpatients without brain injury. PM R 2011; 3:426-32; quiz 432. [PMID: 21570030 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2011.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2010] [Revised: 02/12/2011] [Accepted: 02/24/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To establish feasibility for the hypothesis that patients in acute rehabilitation who are hospitalized for disorders not known to involve cerebral injury can have significant cognitive impairment. DESIGN A comparison of performances on neuropsychological tests between 2 samples of subjects: inpatients in an acute rehabilitation hospital without known cerebral disease and normal community-dwelling persons. SETTING Acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS Nineteen hospitalized patients without delirium who were screened for pre-existing cerebral and psychiatric illness, dementia, and dependency in basic self-care skills before hospitalization. Eighteen community-dwelling persons who were not different in terms of age and education served as the control group. METHODS Participants completed 10 commonly used neuropsychological tests of executive, language, and memory functions. Data were analyzed by using multivariate analysis of variance. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS Raw scores on the 10 neuropsychological tests. RESULTS Hospitalized patients performed significantly worse on 9 of 10 tests than community-dwelling participants. Older hospitalized participants had significantly greater cognitive impairment than younger hospitalized participants, which suggested increased susceptibility to effects of hospitalization on cognition. CONCLUSIONS Patients hospitalized without brain injury, and especially elderly patients, should be carefully monitored for cognitive deficits that may affect posthospitalization quality of living. Further research is needed to determine whether the cognitive deficits in such patients persist after discharge and affect functional independence, and to identify mechanisms for the deficits. Furthermore, the use of hospitalized participants without brain injury as control subjects in neuropsychological studies of brain injury should be balanced with an additional comparison group of matched, neurologically healthy, normal subjects who live in the community to control for cognitive impairments that are associated with acute hospitalization.
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- Adam J Woods
- Center for Functional Neuroimaging, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Mette D, Strunk R, Zuccarello M. Cerebral Blood Flow Measurement in Neurosurgery. Transl Stroke Res 2011; 2:152-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s12975-010-0064-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2010] [Revised: 12/28/2010] [Accepted: 12/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Gasparetto EL, Rueda Lopes FC, Domingues RC, Domingues RC. Diffusion Imaging in Traumatic Brain Injury. Neuroimaging Clin N Am 2011; 21:115-25, viii. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2011.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Tay LL, Tremblay RG, Hulse J, Zurakowski B, Thompson M, Bani-Yaghoub M. Detection of acute brain injury by Raman spectral signature. Analyst 2011; 136:1620-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c0an00897d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Diop M, Tichauer KM, Elliott JT, Migueis M, Lee TY, St Lawrence K. Comparison of time-resolved and continuous-wave near-infrared techniques for measuring cerebral blood flow in piglets. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2010; 15:057004. [PMID: 21054120 DOI: 10.1117/1.3488626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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A primary focus of neurointensive care is monitoring the injured brain to detect harmful events that can impair cerebral blood flow (CBF), resulting in further injury. Since current noninvasive methods used in the clinic can only assess blood flow indirectly, the goal of this research is to develop an optical technique for measuring absolute CBF. A time-resolved near-infrared (TR-NIR) apparatus is built and CBF is determined by a bolus-tracking method using indocyanine green as an intravascular flow tracer. As a first step in the validation of this technique, CBF is measured in newborn piglets to avoid signal contamination from extracerebral tissue. Measurements are acquired under three conditions: normocapnia, hypercapnia, and following carotid occlusion. For comparison, CBF is concurrently measured by a previously developed continuous-wave NIR method. A strong correlation between CBF measurements from the two techniques is revealed with a slope of 0.79±0.06, an intercept of -2.2±2.5 ml∕100 g∕min, and an R2 of 0.810±0.088. Results demonstrate that TR-NIR can measure CBF with reasonable accuracy and is sensitive to flow changes. The discrepancy between the two methods at higher CBF could be caused by differences in depth sensitivities between continuous-wave and time-resolved measurements.
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- Mamadou Diop
- Lawson Health Research Institute, Imaging Program, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 4V2.
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Lull N, Noé E, Lull JJ, García-Panach J, Chirivella J, Ferri J, López-Aznar D, Sopena P, Robles M. Voxel-based statistical analysis of thalamic glucose metabolism in traumatic brain injury: Relationship with consciousness and cognition. Brain Inj 2010; 24:1098-107. [DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2010.494592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Nelson DW, Nyström H, MacCallum RM, Thornquist B, Lilja A, Bellander BM, Rudehill A, Wanecek M, Weitzberg E. Extended analysis of early computed tomography scans of traumatic brain injured patients and relations to outcome. J Neurotrauma 2010; 27:51-64. [PMID: 19698072 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.0986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is responsible for up to 45% of in-hospital trauma mortality. Computed tomography (CT) is central to acute TBI diagnostics, and millions of brain CT scans are conducted yearly worldwide. Though many studies have addressed individual predictors of outcome from findings on CT scans, few have done so from a multivariate perspective. As these parameters are interrelated in a complex manner, there is a need for a better understanding of them in this context. CT scans from 861 TBI patients were reviewed according to an extensive protocol. An extended analysis of CT parameters with respect to outcome was performed using linear and non-linear methods. We identified complex interactions and mutual information in many of the parameters. Variables predicting death differ from those predicting unfavorable versus favorable outcomes (Glasgow Outcome Scale scores of 1-3 versus 4-5 [GOS]). The most important parameter for prediction of unfavorable outcome is the magnitude of midline shift. In fact, this parameter, as a continuous variable, is by itself a better predictor and is better calibrated than the Marshall CT score, even for predicting death. In addition, hematoma volumes are nearly co-linear with midline shift and can be substituted for it. A score of traumatic subarachnoid/intraventricular blood components adds substantially to model calibration. A CT scoring system geared toward dichotomous GOS scores is suggested. CT parameters were found to add 6-10% additional estimated explained variance in the presence of the important clinical variables of age, Glasgow Coma Scale score, and pupillary response. Finally we present a practical clinical "rule of thumb" to help predict the probability of unfavorable outcome using clinical and CT variables.
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- David W Nelson
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Metabolismo talámico y situación neurológica tras un traumatismo craneoencefálico. Estudio mediante PET-FDG y morfometría basada en vóxel. Neurologia 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s0213-4853(10)70006-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Lull N, Noé E, Lull J, García-Panach J, García-Martí G, Chirivella J, Ferri J, Sopena R, de La Cueva L, Robles M. Thalamic metabolism and neurological outcome after traumatic brain injury. A voxel-based morphometric FDG-PET study. NEUROLOGÍA (ENGLISH EDITION) 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s2173-5808(10)70034-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022] Open
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Tewarie RDN, Yu J, Seidel J, Rahiem ST, Hurtado A, Tsui BM, Grotenhuis JA, Pomper MG, Oudega M. Positron Emission Tomography for Serial Imaging of the Contused Adult Rat Spinal Cord. Mol Imaging 2010; 9:7290.2010.00011. [DOI: 10.2310/7290.2010.00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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- Rishi D.S. Nandoe Tewarie
- From the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Baltimore, MD; Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Neurosurgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; and Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Baltimore, MD; Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Neurosurgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; and Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Baltimore, MD; Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Neurosurgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; and Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Baltimore, MD; Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Neurosurgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; and Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Baltimore, MD; Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Neurosurgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; and Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Baltimore, MD; Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Neurosurgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; and Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Baltimore, MD; Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Neurosurgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; and Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Baltimore, MD; Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Neurosurgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; and Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Baltimore, MD; Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Neurosurgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; and Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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Goddard T, Mankad K. Imaging the Brain-Injured Patient. Neurocrit Care 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-070-8_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Rispoli R, Mastrostefano R, Palladini IE, Koumpouros N, Di Cosimo T. Bilateral acute foot drop in a case of axonal injury. A case report. Neuroradiol J 2009; 22:191-3. [PMID: 24207039 DOI: 10.1177/197140090902200209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2009] [Accepted: 04/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Head trauma of varying severity may induce diffuse axonal injury. Areas most commonly affected are white matter in the hemispheres (particularly parasagittal zone), corpus callosum and the brain stem. We describe a case of diffuse axonal injury after brain trauma in a 51-year-old man. Diffuse axonal injury was localized in the white matter of the hemispheres (parasagittal zone) and the patient presents a complete motor deficit of the feet.
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- R Rispoli
- Neurosurgery Department, Avezzano Hospital; Avezzano, Italy -
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Wilson JRF, Green A. Acute Traumatic Brain Injury: A Review of Recent Advances in Imaging and Management. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2009; 35:176. [PMID: 26814773 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-008-8095-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2008] [Accepted: 12/06/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability in young persons worldwide, producing a substantial economic burden on health services. New technology in computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging is allowing the acquisition of more accurate and detailed information on cerebral pathology post-TBI. This has greatly improved prognostic ability in TBI and enables earlier identification of pathology, making it potentially amenable to therapeutic intervention. Recent advances in the management of TBI have been hampered by a lack of class I evidence arising from difficulties in applying strict study protocols to a patient subset as heterogeneous as post-TBI patients. The most definite benefits in terms of survival after TBI come from admission to a specialist neurosurgical centre, with goal-targeted therapy and intensive care services. Some traditional therapies for the treatment of acute TBI have been proven to be harmful and should be avoided. A number of management strategies have proved potentially beneficial post-TBI, but there is insufficient evidence to make definitive recommendations at present. Future therapies that are currently under investigation include decompressive craniectomy, progesterone therapy, and possibly therapeutic hypothermia.
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- Jamie R F Wilson
- University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, UK. .,University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, OX39DU, UK.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Saatman KE, Duhaime AC, Bullock R, Maas AIR, Valadka A, Manley GT. Classification of traumatic brain injury for targeted therapies. J Neurotrauma 2008; 25:719-38. [PMID: 18627252 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 702] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The heterogeneity of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is considered one of the most significant barriers to finding effective therapeutic interventions. In October, 2007, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, with support from the Brain Injury Association of America, the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, and the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, convened a workshop to outline the steps needed to develop a reliable, efficient and valid classification system for TBI that could be used to link specific patterns of brain and neurovascular injury with appropriate therapeutic interventions. Currently, the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is the primary selection criterion for inclusion in most TBI clinical trials. While the GCS is extremely useful in the clinical management and prognosis of TBI, it does not provide specific information about the pathophysiologic mechanisms which are responsible for neurological deficits and targeted by interventions. On the premise that brain injuries with similar pathoanatomic features are likely to share common pathophysiologic mechanisms, participants proposed that a new, multidimensional classification system should be developed for TBI clinical trials. It was agreed that preclinical models were vital in establishing pathophysiologic mechanisms relevant to specific pathoanatomic types of TBI and verifying that a given therapeutic approach improves outcome in these targeted TBI types. In a clinical trial, patients with the targeted pathoanatomic injury type would be selected using an initial diagnostic entry criterion, including their severity of injury. Coexisting brain injury types would be identified and multivariate prognostic modeling used for refinement of inclusion/exclusion criteria and patient stratification. Outcome assessment would utilize endpoints relevant to the targeted injury type. Advantages and disadvantages of currently available diagnostic, monitoring, and assessment tools were discussed. Recommendations were made for enhancing the utility of available or emerging tools in order to facilitate implementation of a pathoanatomic classification approach for clinical trials.
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Udomphorn Y, Armstead WM, Vavilala MS. Cerebral blood flow and autoregulation after pediatric traumatic brain injury. Pediatr Neurol 2008; 38:225-34. [PMID: 18358399 PMCID: PMC2330089 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2007] [Revised: 08/17/2007] [Accepted: 09/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury is a global health concern and is the leading cause of traumatic morbidity and mortality in children. Despite a lower overall mortality than in adult traumatic brain injury, the cost to society from the sequelae of pediatric traumatic brain injury is very high. Predictors of poor outcome after traumatic brain injury include altered systemic and cerebral physiology, including altered cerebral hemodynamics. Cerebral autoregulation is often impaired after traumatic brain injury and may adversely impact the outcome. Although altered cerebrovascular hemodynamics early after traumatic brain injury may contribute to disability in children, there is little information regarding changes in cerebral blood flow and cerebral autoregulation after pediatric traumatic brain injury. This review addresses normal pediatric cerebral physiology and cerebrovascular pathophysiology after pediatric traumatic brain injury.
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- Yuthana Udomphorn
- Department of Anesthesiology Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Seattle, WA
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- Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Pharmacology University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Anesthesiology Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Seattle, WA
- Department of Pediatrics Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Seattle, WA
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