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Corrigan F, Wee IC, Collins-Praino LE. Chronic motor performance following different traumatic brain injury severity-A systematic review. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1180353. [PMID: 37288069 PMCID: PMC10243142 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1180353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is now known to be a chronic disease, causing ongoing neurodegeneration and linked to increased risk of neurodegenerative motor diseases, such as Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. While the presentation of motor deficits acutely following traumatic brain injury is well-documented, however, less is known about how these evolve in the long-term post-injury, or how the initial severity of injury affects these outcomes. The purpose of this review, therefore, was to examine objective assessment of chronic motor impairment across the spectrum of TBI in both preclinical and clinical models. Methods PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and PsycINFO databases were searched with a search strategy containing key search terms for TBI and motor function. Original research articles reporting chronic motor outcomes with a clearly defined TBI severity (mild, repeated mild, moderate, moderate-severe, and severe) in an adult population were included. Results A total of 97 studies met the inclusion criteria, incorporating 62 preclinical and 35 clinical studies. Motor domains examined included neuroscore, gait, fine-motor, balance, and locomotion for preclinical studies and neuroscore, fine-motor, posture, and gait for clinical studies. There was little consensus among the articles presented, with extensive differences both in assessment methodology of the tests and parameters reported. In general, an effect of severity was seen, with more severe injury leading to persistent motor deficits, although subtle fine motor deficits were also seen clinically following repeated injury. Only six clinical studies investigated motor outcomes beyond 10 years post-injury and two preclinical studies to 18-24 months post-injury, and, as such, the interaction between a previous TBI and aging on motor performance is yet to be comprehensively examined. Conclusion Further research is required to establish standardized motor assessment procedures to fully characterize chronic motor impairment across the spectrum of TBI with comprehensive outcomes and consistent protocols. Longitudinal studies investigating the same cohort over time are also a key for understanding the interaction between TBI and aging. This is particularly critical, given the risk of neurodegenerative motor disease development following TBI.
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- Frances Corrigan
- Head Injury Lab, School of Biomedicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Cognition, Ageing and Neurodegenerative Disease Laboratory, School of Biomedicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Cognition, Ageing and Neurodegenerative Disease Laboratory, School of Biomedicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Thompson C, Evans B, Zhao D, Purcell E. Spatiotemporal Expression of RNA-Seq Identified Proteins at the Electrode Interface. Acta Biomater 2023; 164:209-222. [PMID: 37116634 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2023.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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Implantation of electrodes in the brain can be used to record from or stimulate neural tissues to treat neurological disease and injury. However, the tissue response to implanted devices can limit their functional longevity. Recent RNA-seq datasets identify hundreds of genes associated with gliosis, neuronal function, myelination, and cellular metabolism that are spatiotemporally expressed in neural tissues following the insertion of microelectrodes. To validate mRNA as a predictor of protein expression, this study evaluates a sub-set of RNA-seq identified proteins (RSIP) at 24-hours, 1-week, and 6-weeks post-implantation using quantitative immunofluorescence methods. This study found that expression of RSIPs associated with glial activation (Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), Polypyrmidine tract binding protein-1 (Ptbp1)), neuronal structure (Neurofilament heavy chain (Nefh), Proteolipid protein-1 (Plp1), Myelin Basic Protein (MBP)), and iron metabolism (Transferrin (TF), Ferritin heavy chain-1 (Fth1)) reinforce transcriptional data. This study also provides additional context to the cellular distribution of RSIPs using a MATLAB-based approach to quantify immunofluorescence intensity within specific cell types. Ptbp1, TF, and Fth1 were found to be spatiotemporally distributed within neurons, astrocytes, microglia, and oligodendrocytes at the device interface relative to distal and contralateral tissues. The altered distribution of RSIPs relative to distal tissue is largely localized within 100µm of the device injury, which approaches the functional recording range of implanted electrodes. This study provides evidence that RNA-sequencing can be used to predict protein-level changes in cortical tissues and that RSIPs can be further investigated to identify new biomarkers of the tissue response that influence signal quality. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: : Microelectrode arrays implanted into the brain are useful tools that can be used to study neuroscience and to treat pathological conditions in a clinical setting. The tissue response to these devices, however, can severely limit their functional longevity. Transcriptomics has deepened the understandings of the tissue response by revealing numerous genes which are differentially expressed following device insertion. This manuscript provides validation for the use of transcriptomics to characterize the tissue response by evaluating a subset of known differentially expressed genes at the protein level around implanted electrodes over time. In additional to validating mRNA-to-protein relationships at the device interface, this study has identified emerging trends in the spatiotemporal distribution of proteins involved with glial activation, neuronal remodeling, and essential iron binding proteins around implanted silicon devices. This study additionally provides a new MATLAB based methodology to quantify protein distribution within discrete cell types at the device interface which may be used as biomarkers for further study or therapeutic intervention in the future.
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- Cort Thompson
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America; Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America; Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America; Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America; Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America.
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Yadikar H, Johnson C, Pafundi N, Nguyen L, Kurup M, Torres I, Al-Enezy A, Yang Z, Yost R, Kobeissy FH, Wang KKW. Neurobiochemical, Peptidomic, and Bioinformatic Approaches to Characterize Tauopathy Peptidome Biomarker Candidates in Experimental Mouse Model of Traumatic Brain Injury. Mol Neurobiol 2023; 60:2295-2319. [PMID: 36635478 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-022-03165-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a multidimensional damage, and currently, no FDA-approved medicine is available. Multiple pathways in the cell are triggered through a head injury (e.g., calpain and caspase activation), which truncate tau and generate variable fragment sizes (MW 400-45,000 K). In this study, we used an open-head TBI mouse model generated by controlled cortical impact (CCI) and collected ipsilateral (IC) and contralateral (CC) mice htau brain cortices at one (D1) three (D3), and seven (D7) days post-injury. We implemented immunological (antibody-based detection) and peptidomic approaches (nano-reversed-phase liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry) to investigate proteolytic tau peptidome (low molecular weight (LMW) < 10 K)) and pathological phosphorylation sites (high-molecular-weight (HMW); > 10 K) derived from CCI-TBI animal models. Our immunoblotting analysis verified tau hyperphosphorylation, HMW, and HMW breakdown products (HMW-BDP) formation of tau (e.g., pSer202, pThr181, pThr231, pSer396, and pSer404), following CCI-TBI. Peptidomic data revealed unique sequences of injury-dependent proteolytic peptides generated from human tau protein. Among the N-terminal tau peptides, EIPEGTTAEEAGIGDTPSLEDEAAGHVTQA (a.a. 96-125) and AQPHTEIPEGTTAEEAGIGDTPSLEDEAAGHVTQARM (a.a. 91-127). Examples of tau C-terminal peptides identified include NVSSTGSIDMVDSPQLATLADEVSASLAKQGL (a.a. 410-441) and QLATLADEVSASLAKQGL (a.a. 424-441). Our peptidomic bioinformatic tools showed the association of proteases, such as CAPN1, CAPN2, and CTSL; CASP1, MMP7, and MMP9; and ELANE, GZMA, and MEP1A, in CCI-TBI tau peptidome. In clinical trials for novel TBI treatments, it might be useful to monitor a subset of tau peptidome as targets for biomarker utility and use them for a "theranostic" approach.
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- Hamad Yadikar
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Kuwait
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Laboratory Building, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Program for Neurotrauma, Neuroproteomics & Biomarkers Research, Departments of Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. .,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. .,Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Neurobiology, Center for Neurotrauma, Multiomics & Biomarkers (CNMB), 720 Westview Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA, 30310, USA.
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- Program for Neurotrauma, Neuroproteomics & Biomarkers Research, Departments of Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. .,Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Neurobiology, Center for Neurotrauma, Multiomics & Biomarkers (CNMB), 720 Westview Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA, 30310, USA. .,Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA.
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Ghai S. Does Music Therapy Improve Gait after Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury? A Mini Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Brain Sci 2023; 13:brainsci13030522. [PMID: 36979332 PMCID: PMC10046548 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13030522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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There is a growing body of research examining the potential benefits of music therapy-based auditory stimulation (MT) for individuals with movement disorders in improving gait performance. However, there is limited knowledge about the effects of MT on gait outcomes in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or spinal cord injury (SCI). A previous review of MT's impact on gait in TBI had limitations, and there are no studies on its effects on gait in SCI. In this study, we conducted a meta-analysis to more thoroughly evaluate the impact of MT on gait outcomes in individuals with TBI and SCI. We systematically searched through eight databases and found six studies on MT in TBI and four on SCI. Our meta-analysis showed that MT has positive medium effect improvements on spatiotemporal aspects of gait in individuals with TBI (Hedge's g: 0.52) and SCI (0.53). These findings suggest that MT could be a practical intervention for enhancing different aspects of gait in these populations, although the limited number and "fair" quality of the studies included in the meta-analysis may affect the generalizability of the outcomes. Further research is needed to fully understand the mechanisms by which MT may influence gait and determine the optimal parameters for its use.
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- Shashank Ghai
- Psychology of Learning and Instruction, Department of Psychology, School of Science, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
- Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop (CeTI), Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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Xu XM, Wang J, Salvi R, Liu LJ, Chen YC, Teng GJ. Altered resting-state functional connectivity of the anterior cingulate cortex in rats post noise exposure. CNS Neurosci Ther 2022; 28:1547-1556. [PMID: 35726754 PMCID: PMC9437238 DOI: 10.1111/cns.13896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Aims We aimed to find where and how noise‐induced cochlear hearing loss affects the central nervous system during the early state and identify the neural substrate for aberrant patterns that mediating noise‐related anxiety−/depression‐ like behaviors. Methods Broad band noise with 122 dB for 2 hours was conducted to induce hearing loss. We defined 0 day (N0D) and 10 days (N10D) post noise as the acute and sub‐acute period. Behavioral tests (Open field test and light/dark test) and resting‐state fMRI were computed to evaluate emotional conditions and aberrant neural activity. Functional connectivity analysis using the anterior cingulate cortex as a seed was computed to reveal the spatial distribution beyond auditory network during both periods. Results Anxiety−/depression‐like behaviors were found in rats with noise exposure. Between‐group analysis revealed that N0D rats displayed widespread reductions in functional connectivity, spanning primary somatosensory cortex, medial geniculate body, inferior colliculus, cingulate cortex, cerebellar lobule comparing with N10D rats and a similar pattern was also occurred in comparison with the control group. Conclusion Taken together, an “acoustic‐causing” network accounting for distress and gating of noise exposure related anxiety/depression was proposed.
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- Xiao-Min Xu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Functional Imaging, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Human Communication Disorders, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Functional Imaging, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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Jacotte-Simancas A, Middleton JW, Stielper ZF, Edwards S, Molina PE, Gilpin NW. Brain Injury Effects on Neuronal Activation and Synaptic Transmission in the Basolateral Amygdala of Adult Male and Female Wistar Rats. J Neurotrauma 2022; 39:544-559. [PMID: 35081744 PMCID: PMC8978566 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2021.0270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is defined as brain damage produced by an external mechanical force that leads to behavioral, cognitive, and psychiatric sequelae. The basolateral amygdala (BLA) is involved in emotional regulation, and its function and morphology are altered following TBI. Little is known about potential sex-specific effects of TBI on BLA neuronal function, but it is critical for the field to identify potential sex differences in TBI effects on brain and behavior. Here, we hypothesized that TBI would produce sex-specific acute (1 h) effects on BLA neuronal activation, excitability, and synaptic transmission in adult male and female rats. Forty-nine Wistar rats (n = 23 males and 26 females) were randomized to TBI (using lateral fluid percussion) or Sham groups in two separate studies. Study 1 used in situ hybridization (i.e., RNAscope) to measure BLA expression of c-fos (a marker of cell activation), vGlut, and vGat (markers of glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons, respectively) messenger RNA (mRNA). Study 2 used slice electrophysiology to measure intrinsic excitability and excitatory/inhibitory synaptic transmission in putative pyramidal neurons in the BLA. Physiological measures of injury severity were collected from all animals. Our results show that females exhibit increased apnea duration and reduced respiratory rate post-TBI relative to males. In male and female rats, TBI increased c-fos expression in BLA glutamatergic cells but not in BLA GABAergic cells, and TBI increased firing rate in BLA pyramidal neurons. Further, TBI increased spontaneous excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic current (sEPSC and sIPSC) amplitude in BLA neurons of females relative to all other groups. TBI increased sEPSC frequency in BLA neurons of females relative to males but did not alter sIPSC frequency. In summary, lateral fluid percussion produced different physiological responses in male and female rats, as well as sex-specific alterations in BLA neuronal activation, excitability, and synaptic transmission 1 h after injury.
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- Alejandra Jacotte-Simancas
- Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Alcohol and Drug of Abuse Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Alcohol and Drug of Abuse Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Alcohol and Drug of Abuse Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Alcohol and Drug of Abuse Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Southeast Louisiana VA Healthcare System, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Burns TF, Rajan R. Temporal activity patterns of layer II and IV rat barrel cortex neurons in healthy and injured conditions. Physiol Rep 2022; 10:e15155. [PMID: 35194970 PMCID: PMC8864447 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 11/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023] Open
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Neurons are known to encode information not just by how frequently they fire, but also at what times they fire. However, characterizations of temporal encoding in sensory cortices under conditions of health and injury are limited. Here we characterized and compared the stimulus-evoked activity of 1210 online-sorted units in layers II and IV of rat barrel cortex under healthy and diffuse traumatic brain injury (TBI) (caused by a weight-drop model) conditions across three timepoints post-injury: four days, two weeks, and eight weeks. Temporal activity patterns in the first 50 ms post-stimulus recording showed four categories of responses: no response or 1, 2, or 3 temporally-distinct response components, that is, periods of high unit activity separated by silence. The relative proportions of unit response categories were similar between layers II and IV in healthy conditions but not in early post-TBI conditions. For units with multiple response components, inter-component timings were reliable in healthy and late post-TBI conditions but disrupted by injury. Response component times typically shifted earlier with increasing stimulus intensity and this was more pronounced in layer IV than layer II. Surprisingly, injury caused a reversal of this trend and in the late post-TBI condition no stimulus intensity-dependence differences were observed between layers II and IV. We speculate this indicates a potential compensatory mechanism in response to injury. These results demonstrate how temporal encoding features maladapt or functionally recover differently in sensory cortex after TBI. Such maladaptation or functional recovery is layer-dependent, perhaps due to differences in thalamic input or local inhibitory neuronal makeup.
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- Thomas F. Burns
- Biomedicine Discovery InstituteMonash UniversityVictoriaAustralia
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- Biomedicine Discovery InstituteMonash UniversityVictoriaAustralia
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Faillot M, Chaillet A, Palfi S, Senova S. Rodent models used in preclinical studies of deep brain stimulation to rescue memory deficits. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 130:410-432. [PMID: 34437937 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Deep brain stimulation paradigms might be used to treat memory disorders in patients with stroke or traumatic brain injury. However, proof of concept studies in animal models are needed before clinical translation. We propose here a comprehensive review of rodent models for Traumatic Brain Injury and Stroke. We systematically review the histological, behavioral and electrophysiological features of each model and identify those that are the most relevant for translational research.
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- Matthieu Faillot
- Neurosurgery department, Henri Mondor University Hospital, APHP, DMU CARE, Université Paris Est Créteil, Mondor Institute for Biomedical Research, INSERM U955, Team 15, Translational Neuropsychiatry, France
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- Laboratoire des Signaux et Systèmes (L2S-UMR8506) - CentraleSupélec, Université Paris Saclay, Institut Universitaire de France, France
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- Neurosurgery department, Henri Mondor University Hospital, APHP, DMU CARE, Université Paris Est Créteil, Mondor Institute for Biomedical Research, INSERM U955, Team 15, Translational Neuropsychiatry, France
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- Neurosurgery department, Henri Mondor University Hospital, APHP, DMU CARE, Université Paris Est Créteil, Mondor Institute for Biomedical Research, INSERM U955, Team 15, Translational Neuropsychiatry, France.
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Jessen J, Özgül ÖS, Höffken O, Schwenkreis P, Tegenthoff M, Enax-Krumova EK. Somatosensory dysfunction in patients with posttraumatic headache: A systematic review. Cephalalgia 2021; 42:73-81. [PMID: 34404271 DOI: 10.1177/03331024211030496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Aim of the review is to summarize the knowledge about the sensory function and pain modulatory systems in posttraumatic headache and discuss its possible role in patients with posttraumatic headache. BACKGROUND Posttraumatic headache is the most common complication after traumatic brain injury, and significantly impacts patients' quality of life. Even though it has a high prevalence, its origin and pathophysiology are poorly understood. Thereby, the existing treatment options are insufficient. Identifying its mechanisms can be an important step forward to develop target-based personalized treatment. METHODS We searched the PubMed database for studies examining pain modulation and/or quantitative sensory testing in individuals with headache after brain injury. RESULTS The studies showed heterogenous alterations in sensory profiles (especially in heat and pressure pain perception) compared to healthy controls and headache-free traumatic brain injury-patients. Furthermore, pain inhibition capacity was found to be diminished in subjects with posttraumatic headache. CONCLUSIONS Due to the small number of heterogenous studies a distinct sensory pattern for patients with posttraumatic headache could not be identified. Further research is needed to clarify the underlying mechanisms and biomarkers for prediction of development and persistence of posttraumatic headache.
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- Julia Jessen
- Department of Neurology, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil GmbH, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil GmbH, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil GmbH, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil GmbH, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil GmbH, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil GmbH, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
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Elevated Tau in Military Personnel Relates to Chronic Symptoms Following Traumatic Brain Injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil 2021; 35:66-73. [PMID: 31033745 DOI: 10.1097/htr.0000000000000485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To understand the relationships between traumatic brain injury (TBI), blood biomarkers, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and postconcussive syndrome symptoms. DESIGN Cross-sectional cohort study using multivariate analyses. PARTICIPANTS One hundred nine military personnel and veterans, both with and without a history of TBI. MAIN MEASURES PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C); Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory (NSI); Ohio State University TBI Identification Method; Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9); Simoa-measured concentrations of tau, amyloid-beta (Aβ) 40, Aβ42, and neurofilament light (NFL). RESULTS Controlling for age, sex, time since last injury (TSLI), and antianxiety/depression medication use, NFL was trending toward being significantly elevated in participants who had sustained 3 or more TBIs compared with those who had sustained 1 or 2 TBIs. Within the TBI group, partial correlations that controlled for age, sex, TSLI, and antianxiety/depression medication use showed that tau concentrations were significantly correlated with greater symptom severity, as measured with the NSI, PCL, and PHQ-9. CONCLUSIONS Elevations in tau are associated with symptom severity after TBI, while NFL levels are elevated in those with a history of repetitive TBIs and in military personnel and veterans. This study shows the utility of measuring biomarkers chronically postinjury. Furthermore, there is a critical need for studies of biomarkers longitudinally following TBI.
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Ndode-Ekane XE, Puigferrat Pérez MDM, Di Sapia R, Lapinlampi N, Pitkänen A. Reorganization of Thalamic Inputs to Lesioned Cortex Following Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:6329. [PMID: 34199241 PMCID: PMC8231773 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) disrupts thalamic and cortical integrity. The effect of post-injury reorganization and plasticity in thalamocortical pathways on the functional outcome remains unclear. We evaluated whether TBI causes structural changes in the thalamocortical axonal projection terminals in the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) that lead to hyperexcitability. TBI was induced in adult male Sprague Dawley rats with lateral fluid-percussion injury. A virus carrying the fluorescent-tagged opsin channel rhodopsin 2 transgene was injected into the ventroposterior thalamus. We then traced the thalamocortical pathways and analyzed the reorganization of their axonal terminals in S1. Next, we optogenetically stimulated the thalamocortical relays from the ventral posterior lateral and medial nuclei to assess the post-TBI functionality of the pathway. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that TBI did not alter the spatial distribution or lamina-specific targeting of projection terminals in S1. TBI reduced the axon terminal density in the motor cortex by 44% and in S1 by 30%. A nematic tensor-based analysis revealed that in control rats, the axon terminals in layer V were orientated perpendicular to the pial surface (60.3°). In TBI rats their orientation was more parallel to the pial surface (5.43°, difference between the groups p < 0.05). Moreover, the level of anisotropy of the axon terminals was high in controls (0.063) compared with TBI rats (0.045, p < 0.05). Optical stimulation of the sensory thalamus increased alpha activity in electroencephalography by 312% in controls (p > 0.05) and 237% (p > 0.05) in TBI rats compared with the baseline. However, only TBI rats showed increased beta activity (33%) with harmonics at 5 Hz. Our findings indicate that TBI induces reorganization of thalamocortical axonal terminals in the perilesional cortex, which alters responses to thalamic stimulation.
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- Xavier Ekolle Ndode-Ekane
- A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland; (M.d.M.P.P.); (R.D.S.); (N.L.); (A.P.)
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Burns TF, Rajan R. Sensing and processing whisker deflections in rodents. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10730. [PMID: 33665005 PMCID: PMC7906041 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The classical view of sensory information mainly flowing into barrel cortex at layer IV, moving up for complex feature processing and lateral interactions in layers II and III, then down to layers V and VI for output and corticothalamic feedback is becoming increasingly undermined by new evidence. We review the neurophysiology of sensing and processing whisker deflections, emphasizing the general processing and organisational principles present along the entire sensory pathway—from the site of physical deflection at the whiskers to the encoding of deflections in the barrel cortex. Many of these principles support the classical view. However, we also highlight the growing number of exceptions to these general principles, which complexify the system and which investigators should be mindful of when interpreting their results. We identify gaps in the literature for experimentalists and theorists to investigate, not just to better understand whisker sensation but also to better understand sensory and cortical processing.
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- Thomas F Burns
- Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Beitchman JA, Lifshitz J, Harris NG, Thomas TC, Lafrenaye AD, Hånell A, Dixon CE, Povlishock JT, Rowe RK. Spatial Distribution of Neuropathology and Neuroinflammation Elucidate the Biomechanics of Fluid Percussion Injury. Neurotrauma Rep 2021; 2:59-75. [PMID: 34223546 PMCID: PMC8240834 DOI: 10.1089/neur.2020.0046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Diffuse brain injury is better described as multi-focal, where pathology can be found adjacent to seemingly uninjured neural tissue. In experimental diffuse brain injury, pathology and pathophysiology have been reported far more lateral than predicted by the impact site. We hypothesized that local thickening of the rodent skull at the temporal ridges serves to focus the intracranial mechanical forces experienced during brain injury and generate predictable pathology. We demonstrated local thickening of the skull at the temporal ridges using contour analysis on magnetic resonance imaging. After diffuse brain injury induced by midline fluid percussion injury (mFPI), pathological foci along the anterior-posterior length of cortex under the temporal ridges were evident acutely (1, 2, and 7 days) and chronically (28 days) post-injury by deposition of argyophilic reaction product. Area CA3 of the hippocampus and lateral nuclei of the thalamus showed pathological change, suggesting that mechanical forces to or from the temporal ridges shear subcortical regions. A proposed model of mFPI biomechanics suggests that injury force vectors reflect off the skull base and radiate toward the temporal ridge, thereby injuring ventral thalamus, dorsolateral hippocampus, and sensorimotor cortex. Surgically thinning the temporal ridge before injury reduced injury-induced inflammation in the sensorimotor cortex. These data build evidence for temporal ridges of the rodent skull to contribute to the observed pathology, whether by focusing extracranial forces to enter the cranium or intracranial forces to escape the cranium. Pre-clinical investigations can take advantage of the predicted pathology to explore injury mechanisms and treatment efficacy.
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- Joshua A Beitchman
- BARROW Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.,Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.,Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona, USA
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- BARROW Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.,Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.,Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.,Phoenix VA Health Care System, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- UCLA Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, and Intellectual Development and Disabilities Research Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- BARROW Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.,Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.,Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.,Phoenix VA Health Care System, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.,Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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- BARROW Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.,Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.,Phoenix VA Health Care System, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Challener T, Tommerdahl M, Favorov O. Effect of mild traumatic brain injury on spontaneous activity of rat primary somatosensory cortex and its responsivity to vibrotactile stimulation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020. [DOI: 10.37714/josam.v2i3.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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While it has been previously demonstrated that concussion severity can be assessed using sensory tests of cortical functionality, the underlying neural mechanisms affected by concussion are still poorly understood. By using an animal model, it is possible to directly observe the neurophysiological effects of concussion, and thus shed light on the underlying changes in cortical functionality. In order to assess the effects of a single concussion, we recorded spike discharge activity of neurons in the rat primary somatosensory cortex prior to as well as 6-12hr and 78-86hr after a mild weight-drop impact-acceleration closed-head trauma. During the 6-12hr post-impact period, cortical spontaneous activity was elevated by 40% compared to the healthy control state, but its responsivity to vibrotactile stimulation was not significantly affected. However, the responsivity to vibrotactile stimulation did decline in the 78-86hr post-impact period. Also during this period, spontaneous activity in the middle and upper cortical layers was reduced by 35% below the healthy control state, but it remained high in the deep layers. We also recorded somatosensory cortical activity 6-12hr after delivering a second head trauma, identical to the one delivered 72hr prior. Although the two impacts mechanically were the same, the neurophysiological effect of the second impact was very different from that observed after the first impact: both the stimulus-evoked response and spontaneous activity were significantly reduced as compared to the same time period after the first impact. These findings demonstrate that mTBI alters the functional state of the somatosensory cortex in a post-injury time-dependent manner.
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Krishna G, Bromberg C, Connell EC, Mian E, Hu C, Lifshitz J, Adelson PD, Thomas TC. Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Sex-Dependent Changes in Late-Onset Sensory Hypersensitivity and Glutamate Neurotransmission. Front Neurol 2020; 11:749. [PMID: 32849211 PMCID: PMC7419702 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Women approximate one-third of the annual 2.8 million people in the United States who sustain traumatic brain injury (TBI). Several clinical reports support or refute that menstrual cycle-dependent fluctuations in sex hormones are associated with severity of persisting post-TBI symptoms. Previously, we reported late-onset sensory hypersensitivity to whisker stimulation that corresponded with changes in glutamate neurotransmission at 1-month following diffuse TBI in male rats. Here, we incorporated intact age-matched naturally cycling females into the experimental design while monitoring daily estrous cycle. We hypothesized that sex would not influence late-onset sensory hypersensitivity and associated in vivo amperometric extracellular recordings of glutamate neurotransmission within the behaviorally relevant thalamocortical circuit. At 28 days following midline fluid percussion injury (FPI) or sham surgery, young adult Sprague-Dawley rats were tested for hypersensitivity to whisker stimulation using the whisker nuisance task (WNT). As predicted, both male and female rats showed significantly increased sensory hypersensitivity to whisker stimulation after FPI, with females having an overall decrease in whisker nuisance scores (sex effect), but no injury and sex interaction. In males, FPI increased potassium chloride (KCl)-evoked glutamate overflow in primary somatosensory barrel cortex (S1BF) and ventral posteromedial nucleus of the thalamus (VPM), while in females the FPI effect was discernible only within the VPM. Similar to our previous report, we found the glutamate clearance parameters were not influenced by FPI, while a sex-specific effect was evident with female rats showing a lower uptake rate constant both in S1BF and VPM and longer clearance time (in S1BF) in comparison to male rats. Fluctuations in estrous cycle were evident among brain-injured females with longer diestrus (low circulating hormone) phase of the cycle over 28 days post-TBI. Together, these findings add to growing evidence indicating both similarities and differences between sexes in a chronic response to TBI. A better understanding of the influence of gonadal hormones on behavior, neurotransmission, secondary injury and repair processes after TBI is needed both clinically and translationally, with potential impact on acute treatment, rehabilitation, and symptom management.
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- Gokul Krishna
- Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, United States
- Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, United States
- Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, United States
- Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, United States
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
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- Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, United States
- Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
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- Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, United States
- Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, United States
- Phoenix VA Health Care System, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, United States
- Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, United States
- Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, United States
- Phoenix VA Health Care System, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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Modolo J, Hassan M, Wendling F, Benquet P. Decoding the circuitry of consciousness: From local microcircuits to brain-scale networks. Netw Neurosci 2020; 4:315-337. [PMID: 32537530 PMCID: PMC7286300 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Identifying the physiological processes underlying the emergence and maintenance of consciousness is one of the most fundamental problems of neuroscience, with implications ranging from fundamental neuroscience to the treatment of patients with disorders of consciousness (DOCs). One major challenge is to understand how cortical circuits at drastically different spatial scales, from local networks to brain-scale networks, operate in concert to enable consciousness, and how those processes are impaired in DOC patients. In this review, we attempt to relate available neurophysiological and clinical data with existing theoretical models of consciousness, while linking the micro- and macrocircuit levels. First, we address the relationships between awareness and wakefulness on the one hand, and cortico-cortical and thalamo-cortical connectivity on the other hand. Second, we discuss the role of three main types of GABAergic interneurons in specific circuits responsible for the dynamical reorganization of functional networks. Third, we explore advances in the functional role of nested oscillations for neural synchronization and communication, emphasizing the importance of the balance between local (high-frequency) and distant (low-frequency) activity for efficient information processing. The clinical implications of these theoretical considerations are presented. We propose that such cellular-scale mechanisms could extend current theories of consciousness.
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- Julien Modolo
- University of Rennes, INSERM, LTSI-U1099, Rennes, France
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- University of Rennes, INSERM, LTSI-U1099, Rennes, France
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- University of Rennes, INSERM, LTSI-U1099, Rennes, France
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Fucich EA, Stielper ZF, Cancienne HL, Edwards S, Gilpin NW, Molina PE, Middleton JW. Endocannabinoid degradation inhibitors ameliorate neuronal and synaptic alterations following traumatic brain injury. J Neurophysiol 2020; 123:707-717. [PMID: 31913777 PMCID: PMC7052644 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00570.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Revised: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Our previous work showed that lateral fluid percussion injury to the sensorimotor cortex (SMC) of anesthetized rats increased neuronal synaptic hyperexcitability in layer 5 (L5) neurons in ex vivo brain slices 10 days postinjury. Furthermore, endocannabinoid (EC) degradation inhibition via intraperitoneal JZL184 injection 30 min postinjury attenuated synaptic hyperexcitability. This study tested the hypothesis that traumatic brain injury (TBI) induces synaptic and intrinsic neuronal alterations of L5 SMC pyramidal neurons and that these alterations are significantly attenuated by in vivo post-TBI treatment with EC degradation inhibitors. We tested the effects of systemically administered EC degradation enzyme inhibitors (JZL184, MJN110, URB597, or JZL195) with differential selectivity for fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) and monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) on electrophysiological parameters in SMC neurons of TBI- and sham-treated rats 10 days post-TBI. We recorded intrinsic neuronal properties, including resting membrane voltage, input resistance, spike threshold, spiking responses to current input, voltage "sag" (rebound response to hyperpolarization-activated inward current), and burst firing. We also measured the frequency and amplitude of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents. We then used the aggregate parameter sets (intrinsic + synaptic properties) to apply a machine learning classification algorithm to quantitatively compare neural population responses from each experimental group. Collectively, our electrophysiological and computational results indicate that sham neurons are the most distinguishable from TBI neurons. Administration of EC degradation inhibitors post-TBI exerted varying degrees of rescue, approximating the neuronal phenotype of sham neurons, with neurons from TBI/JZL195 (a dual MAGL/FAAH inhibitor) being most similar to neurons from sham rats.NEW & NOTEWORTHY This study elucidates neuronal properties altered by traumatic brain injury (TBI) in layer 5 of sensorimotor cortex, which may be implicated in post-TBI circuit dysfunction. We compared effects of systemic administration of four different endocannabinoid degradation inhibitors within a clinically relevant window postinjury. Electrophysiological measures and using a machine learning classification algorithm collectively suggest that pharmacological inhibitors targeting both monoacylglycerol lipase and fatty acid amide hydrolase (e.g., JZL195) may be most efficacious in attenuating TBI-induced neuronal dysfunction at site of injury.
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- Elizabeth A Fucich
- Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Krishna G, Beitchman JA, Bromberg CE, Currier Thomas T. Approaches to Monitor Circuit Disruption after Traumatic Brain Injury: Frontiers in Preclinical Research. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21020588. [PMID: 31963314 PMCID: PMC7014469 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21020588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) often results in pathophysiological damage that can manifest as both acute and chronic neurological deficits. In an attempt to repair and reconnect disrupted circuits to compensate for loss of afferent and efferent connections, maladaptive circuitry is created and contributes to neurological deficits, including post-concussive symptoms. The TBI-induced pathology physically and metabolically changes the structure and function of neurons associated with behaviorally relevant circuit function. Complex neurological processing is governed, in part, by circuitry mediated by primary and modulatory neurotransmitter systems, where signaling is disrupted acutely and chronically after injury, and therefore serves as a primary target for treatment. Monitoring of neurotransmitter signaling in experimental models with technology empowered with improved temporal and spatial resolution is capable of recording in vivo extracellular neurotransmitter signaling in behaviorally relevant circuits. Here, we review preclinical evidence in TBI literature that implicates the role of neurotransmitter changes mediating circuit function that contributes to neurological deficits in the post-acute and chronic phases and methods developed for in vivo neurochemical monitoring. Coupling TBI models demonstrating chronic behavioral deficits with in vivo technologies capable of real-time monitoring of neurotransmitters provides an innovative approach to directly quantify and characterize neurotransmitter signaling as a universal consequence of TBI and the direct influence of pharmacological approaches on both behavior and signaling.
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- Gokul Krishna
- Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85016, USA; (G.K.); (J.A.B.); (C.E.B.)
- Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
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- Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85016, USA; (G.K.); (J.A.B.); (C.E.B.)
- Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
- College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA
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- Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85016, USA; (G.K.); (J.A.B.); (C.E.B.)
- Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
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- Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85016, USA; (G.K.); (J.A.B.); (C.E.B.)
- Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
- Phoenix VA Healthcare System, Phoenix, AZ 85012, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-602-827-2348
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Carron SF, Sun M, Shultz SR, Rajan R. Inhibitory neuronal changes following a mixed diffuse‐focal model of traumatic brain injury. J Comp Neurol 2019; 528:175-198. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.24746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Revised: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Simone F. Carron
- Neuroscience Discovery Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Physiology Monash University Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Medicine The University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Department of Medicine and Neuroscience Monash University Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Department of Medicine The University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- Neuroscience Discovery Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Physiology Monash University Melbourne Victoria Australia
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Witkowski ED, Gao Y, Gavsyuk AF, Maor I, DeWalt GJ, Eldred WD, Mizrahi A, Davison IG. Rapid Changes in Synaptic Strength After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Front Cell Neurosci 2019; 13:166. [PMID: 31105533 PMCID: PMC6498971 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects millions of Americans annually, but effective treatments remain inadequate due to our poor understanding of how injury impacts neural function. Data are particularly limited for mild, closed-skull TBI, which forms the majority of human cases, and for acute injury phases, when trauma effects and compensatory responses appear highly dynamic. Here we use a mouse model of mild TBI to characterize injury-induced synaptic dysfunction, and examine its progression over the hours to days after trauma. Mild injury consistently caused both locomotor deficits and localized neuroinflammation in piriform and entorhinal cortices, along with reduced olfactory discrimination ability. Using whole-cell recordings to characterize synaptic input onto piriform pyramidal neurons, we found moderate effects on excitatory or inhibitory synaptic function at 48 h after TBI and robust increase in excitatory inputs in slices prepared 1 h after injury. Excitatory increases predominated over inhibitory effects, suggesting that loss of excitatory-inhibitory balance is a common feature of both mild and severe TBI. Our data indicate that mild injury drives rapidly evolving alterations in neural function in the hours following injury, highlighting the need to better characterize the interplay between the primary trauma responses and compensatory effects during this early time period.
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- Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
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Papesh MA, Elliott JE, Callahan ML, Storzbach D, Lim MM, Gallun FJ. Blast Exposure Impairs Sensory Gating: Evidence from Measures of Acoustic Startle and Auditory Event-Related Potentials. J Neurotrauma 2019; 36:702-712. [PMID: 30113267 PMCID: PMC6387566 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2018.5801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Many military service members and veterans who have been exposed to high-intensity blast waves experience traumatic brain injury (TBI), resulting in chronic auditory deficits despite normal hearing sensitivity. The current study sought to examine the neurological cause of this chronic dysfunction by testing the hypothesis that blast exposure leads to impaired filtering of sensory information at brainstem and early cortical levels. Groups of blast-exposed and non-blast-exposed participants completed self-report measures of auditory and neurobehavioral status, auditory perceptual tasks involving degraded and competing speech stimuli, and physiological measures of sensory gating, including pre-pulse inhibition and habituation of the acoustic startle reflex and electrophysiological assessment of a paired-click sensory gating paradigm. Blast-exposed participants showed significantly reduced habituation to acoustic startle stimuli and impaired filtering of redundant sensory information at the level the auditory cortex. Multiple linear regression analyses revealed that poorer sensory gating at the cortical level was primarily influenced by a diagnosis of TBI, whereas reduced habituation was primarily influenced by a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder. A statistical model was created including cortical sensory gating and habituation to acoustic startle, which strongly predicted performance on a degraded speech task. These results support the hypothesis that blast exposure impairs central auditory processing via impairment of neural mechanisms underlying habituation and sensory gating.
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- Melissa A. Papesh
- National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon
- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon
- Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon
- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
- Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon
- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience and Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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Nasser M, Ballout N, Mantash S, Bejjani F, Najdi F, Ramadan N, Soueid J, Zibara K, Kobeissy F. Transplantation of Embryonic Neural Stem Cells and Differentiated Cells in a Controlled Cortical Impact (CCI) Model of Adult Mouse Somatosensory Cortex. Front Neurol 2018; 9:895. [PMID: 30405520 PMCID: PMC6208009 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death worldwide. Depending on the severity of the injury, TBI can reflect a broad range of consequences such as speech impairment, memory disturbances, and premature death. In this study, embryonic neural stem cells (ENSC) were isolated from E14 mouse embryos and cultured to produce neurospheres which were induced to generate differentiated cells (DC). As a cell replacement treatment option, we aimed to transplant ENSC or DC into the adult injured C57BL/6 mouse cortex controlled cortical impact (CCI) model, 7 days post-trauma, in comparison to saline injection (control). The effect of grafted cells on neuroinflammation and neurogenesis was investigated at 1 and 4 weeks post-transplantation. Results showed that microglia were activated following mild CCI, but not enhanced after engraftment of ENSC or DC. Indeed, ipsilateral lesioned somatosensory area expressed high levels of Iba-1+ microglia within the different groups after 1 and 4 weeks. On the other hand, treatment with ENSC or DC demonstrated a significant reduction in astrogliosis. The levels of GFAP expressing astrocytes started decreasing early (1 week) in the ENSC group and then were similarly low at 4 weeks in both ENSC and DC. Moreover, neurogenesis was significantly enhanced in ENSC and DC groups. Indeed, a significant increase in the number of DCX expressing progenitor cells was observed at 1 week in the ENSC group, and in DC and ENSC groups at 4 weeks. Furthermore, the number of mature neuronal cells (NeuN+) significantly increased in DC group at 4 weeks whereas they decreased in ENSC group at 1 week. Therefore, injection of ENSC or DC post-CCI caused decreased astrogliosis and suggested an increased neurogenesis via inducing neural progenitor proliferation and expression rather than neuronal maturation. Thus, ENSC may play a role in replacing lost cells and brain repair following TBI by improving neurogenesis and reducing neuroinflammation, reflecting an optimal environment for transplanted and newly born cells.
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- Mohammad Nasser
- Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.,ER045, PRASE, DSST, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- ER045, PRASE, DSST, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- ER045, PRASE, DSST, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- ER045, PRASE, DSST, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.,ER045, PRASE, DSST, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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Electrophysiological Correlates of Blast-Wave Induced Cerebellar Injury. Sci Rep 2018; 8:13633. [PMID: 30206255 PMCID: PMC6134123 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31728-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Understanding the mechanisms underlying traumatic neural injury and the sequelae of events in the acute phase is important for deciding on the best window of therapeutic intervention. We hypothesized that evoked potentials (EP) recorded from the cerebellar cortex can detect mild levels of neural trauma and provide a qualitative assessment tool for progression of cerebellar injury in time. The cerebellar local field potentials evoked by a mechanical tap on the hand and collected with chronically implanted micro-ECoG arrays on the rat cerebellar cortex demonstrated substantial changes both in amplitude and timing as a result of blast-wave induced injury. The results revealed that the largest EP changes occurred within the first day of injury, and partial recoveries were observed from day-1 to day-3, followed by a period of gradual improvements (day-7 to day-14). The mossy fiber (MF) and climbing fiber (CF) mediated components of the EPs were affected differentially. The behavioral tests (ladder rung walking) and immunohistological analysis (calbindin and caspase-3) did not reveal any detectable changes at these blast pressures that are typically considered as mild (100-130 kPa). The results demonstrate the sensitivity of the electrophysiological method and its use as a tool to monitor the progression of cerebellar injuries in longitudinal animal studies.
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Eles JR, Vazquez AL, Kozai TDY, Cui XT. In vivo imaging of neuronal calcium during electrode implantation: Spatial and temporal mapping of damage and recovery. Biomaterials 2018; 174:79-94. [PMID: 29783119 PMCID: PMC5987772 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.04.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Revised: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 04/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Implantable electrode devices enable long-term electrophysiological recordings for brain-machine interfaces and basic neuroscience research. Implantation of these devices, however, leads to neuronal damage and progressive neural degeneration that can lead to device failure. The present study uses in vivo two-photon microscopy to study the calcium activity and morphology of neurons before, during, and one month after electrode implantation to determine how implantation trauma injures neurons. We show that implantation leads to prolonged, elevated calcium levels in neurons within 150 μm of the electrode interface. These neurons show signs of mechanical distortion and mechanoporation after implantation, suggesting that calcium influx is related to mechanical trauma. Further, calcium-laden neurites develop signs of axonal injury at 1-3 h post-insert. Over the first month after implantation, physiological neuronal calcium activity increases, suggesting that neurons may be recovering. By defining the mechanisms of neuron damage after electrode implantation, our results suggest new directions for therapies to improve electrode longevity.
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- James R Eles
- Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, United States; Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, United States
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- Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, United States; Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, United States; Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, United States
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- Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, United States; Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, United States; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, United States; NeuroTech Center of the University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute, United States; Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, United States
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- Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, United States; Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, United States; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, United States.
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Chandrasekar A, Olde Heuvel F, Wepler M, Rehman R, Palmer A, Catanese A, Linkus B, Ludolph A, Boeckers T, Huber-Lang M, Radermacher P, Roselli F. The Neuroprotective Effect of Ethanol Intoxication in Traumatic Brain Injury Is Associated with the Suppression of ErbB Signaling in Parvalbumin-Positive Interneurons. J Neurotrauma 2018; 35:2718-2735. [PMID: 29774782 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2017.5270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Ethanol intoxication (EI) is a frequent comorbidity of traumatic brain injury (TBI), but the impact of EI on TBI pathogenic cascades and prognosis is unclear. Although clinical evidence suggests that EI may have neuroprotective effects, experimental support is, to date, inconclusive. We aimed at elucidating the impact of EI on TBI-associated neurological deficits, signaling pathways, and pathogenic cascades in order to identify new modifiers of TBI pathophysiology. We have shown that ethanol administration (5 g/kg) before trauma enhances behavioral recovery in a weight-drop TBI model. Neuronal survival in the injured somatosensory cortex was also enhanced by EI. We have used phospho-receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) arrays to screen the impact of ethanol on TBI-induced activation of RTK in somatosensory cortex, identifying ErbB2/ErbB3 among the RTKs activated by TBI and suppressed by ethanol. Phosphorylation of ErbB2/3/4 RTKs were upregulated in vGlut2+ excitatory synapses in the injured cortex, including excitatory synapses located on parvalbumin (PV)-positive interneurons. Administration of selective ErbB inhibitors was able to recapitulate, to a significant extent, the neuroprotective effects of ethanol both in sensorimotor performance and structural integrity. Further, suppression of PV interneurons in somatosensory cortex before TBI, by engineered receptors with orthogonal pharmacology, could mimic the beneficial effects of ErbB inhibitors. Thus, we have shown that EI interferes with TBI-induced pathogenic cascades at multiple levels, with one prominent pathway, involving ErbB-dependent modulation of PV interneurons.
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- 2 Institute of Anesthesiological Pathophysiology and Process Engineering, Ulm University , Ulm, Germany
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- 1 Department of Neurology, Ulm University , Ulm, Germany
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- 3 Institute of Clinical and Experimental Trauma-Immunology, Ulm University , Ulm, Germany
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- 4 Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University , Ulm, Germany
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- 1 Department of Neurology, Ulm University , Ulm, Germany
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- 1 Department of Neurology, Ulm University , Ulm, Germany
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- 4 Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University , Ulm, Germany
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- 3 Institute of Clinical and Experimental Trauma-Immunology, Ulm University , Ulm, Germany
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- 2 Institute of Anesthesiological Pathophysiology and Process Engineering, Ulm University , Ulm, Germany
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- 1 Department of Neurology, Ulm University , Ulm, Germany .,4 Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ulm University , Ulm, Germany
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Carron SF, Yan EB, Allitt BJ, Rajan R. Immediate and Medium-term Changes in Cortical and Hippocampal Inhibitory Neuronal Populations after Diffuse TBI. Neuroscience 2018; 388:152-170. [PMID: 30036662 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Revised: 07/09/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Changes in inhibition following traumatic brain injury (TBI) appear to be one of the major factors that contribute to excitation:inhibition imbalance. Neuron pathology, interneurons in particular evolves from minutes to weeks post injury and follows a complex time course. Previously, we showed that in the long-term in diffuse TBI (dTBI), there was select reduction of specific dendrite-targeting neurons in sensory cortex and hippocampus while in motor cortex there was up-regulation of specific dendrite-targeting neurons. We now investigated the time course of dTBI effects on interneurons in neocortex and hippocampus. Brains were labeled with antibodies against calbindin (CB), parvalbumin (PV), calretinin (CR) neuropeptide Y (NPY), and somatostatin (SOM) at 24 h and 2 weeks post dTBI. We found time-dependent, brain area-specific changes in inhibition at 24 h and 2 weeks. At 24 h post-injury, reduction of dendrite-targeting inhibitory neurons occurred in sensory cortex and hippocampus. At 2 weeks, we found compensatory changes in the somatosensory cortex and CA2/3 of hippocampus affected at 24 h, with affected interneuronal populations returning to sham levels. However, DG of hippocampus now showed reduction of dendrite-targeting inhibitory neurons. Finally, with respect to motor cortex, there was an upregulation of dendrite-targeting interneurons in the supragranular layers at 24 h returning to normal levels by 2 weeks. Overall, our findings reconfirm that dendritic inhibition is particularly susceptible to brain trauma, but also show that there are complex brain-area-specific changes in inhibitory neuronal numbers and in compensatory changes, rather than a simple monotonic progression of changes post-dTBI.
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- Simone F Carron
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review investigates the relationship between sensory sensitivity and traumatic brain injury (TBI), and the role sensory sensitivity plays in chronic disability. RECENT FINDINGS TBI is a significant cause of disability with a range of physical, cognitive, and mental health consequences. Sensory sensitivities (e.g., noise and light) are among the most frequently reported, yet least outwardly recognizable symptoms following TBI. Clinicians and scientists alike have yet to identify consistent nomenclature for defining noise and light sensitivity, making it difficult to accurately and reliably assess their influence. Noise and light sensitivity can profoundly affect critical aspects of independent function including communication, productivity, socialization, cognition, sleep, and mental health. Research examining the prevalence of sensory sensitivity and evidence for the association of sensory sensitivity with TBI is inconclusive. Evidence-based interventions for sensory sensitivity, particularly following TBI, are lacking.
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Thomas TC, Stockhausen EM, Law LM, Khodadad A, Lifshitz J. Rehabilitation modality and onset differentially influence whisker sensory hypersensitivity after diffuse traumatic brain injury in the rat. Restor Neurol Neurosci 2018; 35:611-629. [PMID: 29036852 DOI: 10.3233/rnn-170753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND As rehabilitation strategies advance as therapeutic interventions, the modality and onset of rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury (TBI) are critical to optimize treatment. Our laboratory has detected and characterized a late-onset, long-lasting sensory hypersensitivity to whisker stimulation in diffuse brain-injured rats; a deficit that is comparable to visual or auditory sensory hypersensitivity in humans with an acquired brain injury. OBJECTIVE We hypothesize that the modality and onset of rehabilitation therapies will differentially influence sensory hypersensitivity in response to the Whisker Nuisance Task (WNT) as well as WNT-induced corticosterone (CORT) stress response in diffuse brain-injured rats and shams. METHODS After midline fluid percussion brain injury (FPI) or sham surgery, rats were assigned to one of four rehabilitative interventions: (1) whisker sensory deprivation during week one or (2) week two or (3) whisker stimulation during week one or (4) week two. At 28 days following FPI and sham procedures, sensory hypersensitivity was assessed using the WNT. Plasma CORT was evaluated immediately following the WNT (aggravated levels) and prior to the pre-determined endpoint 24 hours later (non-aggravated levels). RESULTS Deprivation therapy during week two elicited significantly greater sensory hypersensitivity to the WNT compared to week one (p < 0.05), and aggravated CORT levels in FPI rats were significantly lower than sham levels. Stimulation therapy during week one resulted in low levels of sensory hypersensitivity to the WNT, similar to deprivation therapy and naïve controls, however, non-aggravated CORT levels in FPI rats were significantly higher than sham. CONCLUSION These data indicate that modality and onset of sensory rehabilitation can differentially influence FPI and sham rats, having a lasting impact on behavioral and stress responses to the WNT, emphasizing the necessity for continued evaluation of modality and onset of rehabilitation after TBI.
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- Theresa Currier Thomas
- Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital - Phoenix, AZ, USA.,Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, AZ, USA.,Phoenix VA Healthcare System - Phoenix, AZ, USA.,Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center - Lexington, KY, USA
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- Core Medical Group, Manchester, NH, USA.,Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center - Lexington, KY, USA
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- Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital - Phoenix, AZ, USA.,Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital - Phoenix, AZ, USA.,Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital - Phoenix, AZ, USA.,Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, AZ, USA.,Phoenix VA Healthcare System - Phoenix, AZ, USA.,Neuroscience Program, Arizona State University - Tempe, AZ, USA.,Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center - Lexington, KY, USA
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Allitt BJ, Johnstone VPA, Richards KL, Yan EB, Rajan R. Progesterone Sharpens Temporal Response Profiles of Sensory Cortical Neurons in Animals Exposed to Traumatic Brain Injury. Cell Transplant 2018; 26:1202-1223. [PMID: 28933224 PMCID: PMC5657734 DOI: 10.1177/0963689717714326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) initiates a cascade of pathophysiological changes that are both complex and difficult to treat. Progesterone (P4) is a neuroprotective treatment option that has shown excellent preclinical benefits in the treatment of TBI, but these benefits have not translated well in the clinic. We have previously shown that P4 exacerbates the already hypoactive upper cortical responses in the short-term post-TBI and does not reduce upper cortical hyperactivity in the long term, and we concluded that there is no tangible benefit to sensory cortex firing strength. Here we examined the effects of P4 treatment on temporal coding resolution in the rodent sensory cortex in both the short term (4 d) and long term (8 wk) following impact-acceleration–induced TBI. We show that in the short-term postinjury, TBI has no effect on sensory cortex temporal resolution and that P4 also sharpens the response profile in all cortical layers in the uninjured brain and all layers other than layer 2 (L2) in the injured brain. In the long term, TBI broadens the response profile in all cortical layers despite firing rate hyperactivity being localized to upper cortical layers and P4 sharpens the response profile in TBI animals in all layers other than L2 and has no long-term effect in the sham brain. These results indicate that P4 has long-term effects on sensory coding that may translate to beneficial perceptual outcomes. The effects seen here, combined with previous beneficial preclinical data, emphasize that P4 is still a potential treatment option in ameliorating TBI-induced disorders.
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- Benjamin J Allitt
- 1 Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- 1 Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.,2 School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- 1 Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- 1 Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- 1 Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Allitt BJ, Alwis DS, Rajan R. Laminar-specific encoding of texture elements in rat barrel cortex. J Physiol 2017; 595:7223-7247. [PMID: 28929510 PMCID: PMC5709323 DOI: 10.1113/jp274865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS For rats texture discrimination is signalled by the large face whiskers by stick-slip events. Neural encoding of repetitive stick-slip events will be influenced by intrinsic properties of adaptation. We show that texture coding in the barrel cortex is laminar specific and follows a power function. Our results also show layer 2 codes for novel feature elements via robust firing rates and temporal fidelity. We conclude that texture coding relies on a subtle neural ensemble to provide important object information. ABSTRACT Texture discrimination by rats is exquisitely guided by fine-grain mechanical stick-slip motions of the face whiskers as they encounter, stick to and slip past successive texture-defining surface features such as bumps and grooves. Neural encoding of successive stick-slip texture events will be shaped by adaptation, common to all sensory systems, whereby receptor and neural responses to a stimulus are affected by responses to preceding stimuli, allowing resetting to signal novel information. Additionally, when a whisker is actively moved to contact and brush over surfaces, that motion itself generates neural responses that could cause adaptation of responses to subsequent stick-slip events. Nothing is known about encoding in the rat whisker system of stick-slip events defining textures of different grain or the influence of adaptation from whisker protraction or successive texture-defining stick-slip events. Here we recorded responses from halothane-anaesthetized rats in response to texture-defining stimuli applied to passive whiskers. We demonstrate that: across the columnar network of the whisker-recipient barrel cortex, adaptation in response to repetitive stick-slip events is strongest in uppermost layers and equally lower thereafter; neither whisker protraction speed nor stick-slip frequency impede encoding of stick-slip events at rates up to 34.08 Hz; and layer 2 normalizes responses to whisker protraction to resist effects on texture signalling. Thus, within laminar-specific response patterns, barrel cortex reliably encodes texture-defining elements even to high frequencies.
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- Department of PhysiologyMonash UniversityClaytonVIC3800Australia
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- Department of PhysiologyMonash UniversityClaytonVIC3800Australia
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Chiu LS, Anderton RS, Cross JL, Clark VW, Edwards AB, Knuckey NW, Meloni BP. Assessment of R18, COG1410, and APP96-110 in Excitotoxicity and Traumatic Brain Injury. Transl Neurosci 2017; 8:147-157. [PMID: 29177102 PMCID: PMC5700203 DOI: 10.1515/tnsci-2017-0021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Cationic arginine-rich and poly-arginine peptides (referred to as CARPs) have potent neuroprotective properties in in vitro excitotoxicity and in vivo models of stroke. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) shares many pathophysiological processes as stroke, including excitotoxicity. Therefore, we evaluated our lead peptide, poly-arginine R18, with the COG1410 and APP96-110 peptides, which have neuroprotective actions following TBI. In an in vitro cortical neuronal glutamic acid excitotoxicity injury model, R18 was highly neuroprotective and reduced neuronal calcium influx, while COG1410 and APP96-110 displayed modest neuroprotection and were less effective at reducing calcium influx. In an impact-acceleration closed-head injury model (Marmarou model), R18, COG1410, and APP96-110 were administered intravenously (300 nmol/kg) at 30 minutes after injury in male Sprague-Dawley rats. When compared to vehicle, no peptide significantly improved functional outcomes, however the R18 and COG1410 treatment groups displayed positive trends in the adhesive tape test and rotarod assessments. Similarly, no peptide had a significant effect on hippocampal neuronal loss, however a significant reduction in axonal injury was observed for R18 and COG1410. In conclusion, this study has demonstrated that R18 is significantly more effective than COG1410 and APP96-110 at reducing neuronal injury and calcium influx following excitotoxicity, and that both R18 and COG1410 reduce axonal injury following TBI. Additional dose response and treatment time course studies are required to further assess the efficacy of R18 in TBI.
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- Li Shan Chiu
- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Sciences, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia.,Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Sciences, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia.,Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia.,School of Heath Sciences, The University Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, 6160, Australia.,Institute for Health Research, The University Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, 6160, Australia
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- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Sciences, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia.,Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia.,Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Sciences, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia.,Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia.,Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Sciences, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia.,School of Heath Sciences, The University Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, 6160, Australia
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- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Sciences, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia.,Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia.,Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Sciences, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia.,Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia.,Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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Jang H, Huang S, Hammer DX, Wang L, Rafi H, Ye M, Welle CG, Fisher JAN. Alterations in neurovascular coupling following acute traumatic brain injury. NEUROPHOTONICS 2017; 4:045007. [PMID: 29296629 PMCID: PMC5741992 DOI: 10.1117/1.nph.4.4.045007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Following acute traumatic brain injury (TBI), timely transport to a hospital can significantly improve the prognosis for recovery. There is, however, a dearth of quantitative biomarkers for brain injury that can be rapidly acquired and interpreted in active, field environments in which TBIs are frequently incurred. We explored potential functional indicators for TBI that can be noninvasively obtained through portable detection modalities, namely optical and electrophysiological approaches. By combining diffuse correlation spectroscopy with colocalized electrophysiological measurements in a mouse model of TBI, we observed concomitant alterations in sensory-evoked cerebral blood flow (CBF) and electrical potentials following controlled cortical impact. Injury acutely reduced the peak amplitude of both electrophysiological and CBF responses, which mostly recovered to baseline values within 30 min, and intertrial variability for these parameters was also acutely altered. Notably, the postinjury dynamics of the CBF overshoot and undershoot amplitudes differed significantly; whereas the amplitude of the initial peak of stimulus-evoked CBF recovered relatively rapidly, the ensuing undershoot did not appear to recover within 30 min of injury. Additionally, acute injury induced apparent low-frequency oscillatory behavior in CBF ([Formula: see text]). Histological assessment indicated that these physiological alterations were not associated with any major, persisting anatomical changes. Several time-domain features of the blood flow and electrophysiological responses showed strong correlations in recovery kinetics. Overall, our results reveal an array of stereotyped, injury-induced alterations in electrophysiological and hemodynamic responses that can be rapidly obtained using a combination of portable detection techniques.
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- Hyounguk Jang
- New York Medical College, Department of Physiology, Valhalla, New York, United States
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Division of Biomedical Physics, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Division of Biomedical Physics, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Division of Biomedical Physics, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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- New York Medical College, Department of Physiology, Valhalla, New York, United States
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- New York Medical College, Department of Physiology, Valhalla, New York, United States
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Division of Biomedical Physics, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Division of Biomedical Physics, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
- University of Colorado Denver, Departments of Neurosurgery and Bioengineering, Aurora, Colorado, United States
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- New York Medical College, Department of Physiology, Valhalla, New York, United States
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Division of Biomedical Physics, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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Allitt BJ, Iva P, Yan EB, Rajan R. Hypo-excitation across all cortical laminae defines intermediate stages of cortical neuronal dysfunction in diffuse traumatic brain injury. Neuroscience 2016; 334:290-308. [PMID: 27530700 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Revised: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality world-wide and can result in persistent cognitive, sensory and behavioral dysfunction. Understanding the time course of TBI-induced pathology is essential to effective treatment outcomes. We induced TBI in rats using an impact acceleration method and tested for sensorimotor skill and sensory sensitivity behaviors for two weeks to find persistently poor outcomes post-injury. At two weeks post-injury we made high resolution extracellular recordings from barrel cortex neurons, to simple and complex whisker deflections. We found that the supragranular suppression of neural firing (compared to normal) previously seen in the immediate post-TBI aftermath had spread to include suppression of input and infragranular layers at two weeks post-injury; thus, there was suppression of whisker-driven firing rates in all cortical layers to both stimulus types. Further, there were abnormalities in temporal response patterns such that in layers 3-5 there was a temporal broadening of response patterns in response to both whisker deflection stimulus types and in L2 a narrowing of temporal patterns in response to the complex stimulus. Thus, at two weeks post-TBI, supragranular hypo-excitation has evolved to include deep cortical layers likely as a function of progressive atrophy and neurodegeneration. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that TBI alters the delicate excitatory/inhibitory balance in cortex and likely contributes to temporal broadening of responses and restricts the ability to code for complex sensory stimuli.
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- Benjamin J Allitt
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
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Lifshitz J, Rowe RK, Griffiths DR, Evilsizor MN, Thomas TC, Adelson PD, McIntosh TK. Clinical relevance of midline fluid percussion brain injury: Acute deficits, chronic morbidities and the utility of biomarkers. Brain Inj 2016; 30:1293-1301. [PMID: 27712117 DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2016.1193628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND After 30 years of characterisation and implementation, fluid percussion injury (FPI) is firmly recognised as one of the best-characterised reproducible and clinically relevant models of TBI, encompassing concussion through diffuse axonal injury (DAI). Depending on the specific injury parameters (e.g. injury site, mechanical force), FPI can model diffuse TBI with or without a focal component and may be designated as mild-to-severe according to the chosen mechanical forces and resulting acute neurological responses. Among FPI models, midline FPI may best represent clinical diffuse TBI, because of the acute behavioural deficits, the transition to late-onset behavioural morbidities and the absence of gross histopathology. REVIEW The goal here was to review acute and chronic physiological and behavioural deficits and morbidities associated with diffuse TBI induced by midline FPI. In the absence of neurodegenerative sequelae associated with focal injury, there is a need for biomarkers in the diagnostic, prognostic, predictive and therapeutic approaches to evaluate outcomes from TBI. CONCLUSIONS The current literature suggests that midline FPI offers a clinically-relevant, validated model of diffuse TBI to investigators wishing to evaluate novel therapeutic strategies in the treatment of TBI and the utility of biomarkers in the delivery of healthcare to patients with brain injury.
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- Jonathan Lifshitz
- a Translational Neurotrauma Research Program , BARROW Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital , Phoenix , AZ , USA.,b Department of Child Health , University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Phoenix , Phoenix , AZ , USA.,c Phoenix VA Healthcare System , Phoenix , AZ , USA.,d Neuroscience Graduate Program , Arizona State University , Tempe , AZ , USA
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- a Translational Neurotrauma Research Program , BARROW Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital , Phoenix , AZ , USA.,b Department of Child Health , University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Phoenix , Phoenix , AZ , USA.,c Phoenix VA Healthcare System , Phoenix , AZ , USA
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- a Translational Neurotrauma Research Program , BARROW Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital , Phoenix , AZ , USA.,b Department of Child Health , University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Phoenix , Phoenix , AZ , USA
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- a Translational Neurotrauma Research Program , BARROW Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital , Phoenix , AZ , USA.,b Department of Child Health , University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Phoenix , Phoenix , AZ , USA
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- a Translational Neurotrauma Research Program , BARROW Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital , Phoenix , AZ , USA.,b Department of Child Health , University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Phoenix , Phoenix , AZ , USA.,c Phoenix VA Healthcare System , Phoenix , AZ , USA.,d Neuroscience Graduate Program , Arizona State University , Tempe , AZ , USA
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- a Translational Neurotrauma Research Program , BARROW Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital , Phoenix , AZ , USA.,b Department of Child Health , University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Phoenix , Phoenix , AZ , USA.,d Neuroscience Graduate Program , Arizona State University , Tempe , AZ , USA
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Carron SF, Alwis DS, Rajan R. Traumatic Brain Injury and Neuronal Functionality Changes in Sensory Cortex. Front Syst Neurosci 2016; 10:47. [PMID: 27313514 PMCID: PMC4889613 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2016.00047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI), caused by direct blows to the head or inertial forces during relative head-brain movement, can result in long-lasting cognitive and motor deficits which can be particularly consequential when they occur in young people with a long life ahead. Much is known of the molecular and anatomical changes produced in TBI but much less is known of the consequences of these changes to neuronal functionality, especially in the cortex. Given that much of our interior and exterior lives are dependent on responsiveness to information from and about the world around us, we have hypothesized that a significant contributor to the cognitive and motor deficits seen after TBI could be changes in sensory processing. To explore this hypothesis, and to develop a model test system of the changes in neuronal functionality caused by TBI, we have examined neuronal encoding of simple and complex sensory input in the rat’s exploratory and discriminative tactile system, the large face macrovibrissae, which feeds to the so-called “barrel cortex” of somatosensory cortex. In this review we describe the short-term and long-term changes in the barrel cortex encoding of whisker motion modeling naturalistic whisker movement undertaken by rats engaged in a variety of tasks. We demonstrate that the most common form of TBI results in persistent neuronal hyperexcitation specifically in the upper cortical layers, likely due to changes in inhibition. We describe the types of cortical inhibitory neurons and their roles and how selective effects on some of these could produce the particular forms of neuronal encoding changes described in TBI, and then generalize to compare the effects on inhibition seen in other forms of brain injury. From these findings we make specific predictions as to how non-invasive extra-cranial electrophysiology can be used to provide the high-precision information needed to monitor and understand the temporal evolution of changes in neuronal functionality in humans suffering TBI. Such detailed understanding of the specific changes in an individual patient’s cortex can allow for treatment to be tailored to the neuronal changes in that particular patient’s brain in TBI, a precision that is currently unavailable with any technique.
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- Simone F Carron
- Neuroscience Research Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Physiology, Monash University Monash, VIC, Australia
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- Neuroscience Research Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Physiology, Monash University Monash, VIC, Australia
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- Neuroscience Research Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Physiology, Monash UniversityMonash, VIC, Australia; Ear Sciences Institute of AustraliaPerth, WA, Australia
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Alwis DS, Yan EB, Johnstone V, Carron S, Hellewell S, Morganti-Kossmann MC, Rajan R. Environmental Enrichment Attenuates Traumatic Brain Injury: Induced Neuronal Hyperexcitability in Supragranular Layers of Sensory Cortex. J Neurotrauma 2016; 33:1084-101. [DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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- Dasuni Sathsara Alwis
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
- National Trauma Research Institute, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, VIC, Australia
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- National Trauma Research Institute, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- National Trauma Research Institute, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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Carron SF, Yan EB, Alwis DS, Rajan R. Differential susceptibility of cortical and subcortical inhibitory neurons and astrocytes in the long term following diffuse traumatic brain injury. J Comp Neurol 2016; 524:3530-3560. [PMID: 27072754 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2015] [Revised: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Long-term diffuse traumatic brain injury (dTBI) causes neuronal hyperexcitation in supragranular layers in sensory cortex, likely through reduced inhibition. Other forms of TBI affect inhibitory interneurons in subcortical areas but it is unknown if this occurs in cortex, or in any brain area in dTBI. We investigated dTBI effects on inhibitory neurons and astrocytes in somatosensory and motor cortex, and hippocampus, 8 weeks post-TBI. Brains were labeled with antibodies against calbindin (CB), parvalbumin (PV), calretinin (CR) and neuropeptide Y (NPY), and somatostatin (SOM) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), a marker for astrogliosis during neurodegeneration. Despite persistent behavioral deficits in rotarod performance up to the time of brain extraction (TBI = 73.13 ± 5.23% mean ± SEM, Sham = 92.29 ± 5.56%, P < 0.01), motor cortex showed only a significant increase, in NPY neurons in supragranular layers (mean cells/mm2 ± SEM, Sham = 16 ± 0.971, TBI = 25 ± 1.51, P = 0.001). In somatosensory cortex, only CR+ neurons showed changes, being decreased in supragranular (TBI = 19 ± 1.18, Sham = 25 ± 1.10, P < 0.01) and increased in infragranular (TBI = 28 ± 1.35, Sham = 24 ± 1.07, P < 0.05) layers. Heterogeneous changes were seen in hippocampal staining: CB+ decreased in dentate gyrus (TBI = 2 ± 0.382, Sham = 4 ± 0.383, P < 0.01), PV+ increased in CA1 (TBI = 39 ± 1.26, Sham = 33 ± 1.69, P < 0.05) and CA2/3 (TBI = 26 ± 2.10, Sham = 20 ± 1.49, P < 0.05), and CR+ decreased in CA1 (TBI = 10 ± 1.02, Sham = 14 ± 1.14, P < 0.05). Astrogliosis significantly increased in corpus callosum (TBI = 6.7 ± 0.69, Sham = 2.5 ± 0.38; P = 0.007). While dTBI effects on inhibitory neurons appear region- and type-specific, a common feature in all cases of decrease was that changes occurred in dendrite targeting interneurons involved in neuronal integration. J. Comp. Neurol. 524:3530-3560, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Simone F Carron
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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Mustafa G, Hou J, Tsuda S, Nelson R, Sinharoy A, Wilkie Z, Pandey R, Caudle RM, Neubert JK, Thompson FJ, Bose P. Trigeminal neuroplasticity underlies allodynia in a preclinical model of mild closed head traumatic brain injury (cTBI). Neuropharmacology 2016; 107:27-39. [PMID: 26972829 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2015] [Revised: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Post-traumatic headache (PTH) following TBI is a common and often persisting pain disability. PTH is often associated with a multimodal central pain sensitization on the skin surface described as allodynia. However, the particular neurobiology underlying cTBI-induced pain disorders are not known. These studies were performed to assess trigeminal sensory sensitization and to determine if sensitization measured behaviorally correlated with detectable changes in portions of the trigeminal sensory system (TSS), particularly trigeminal nucleus, thalamus, and sensory cortex. Thermal stimulation is particularly well suited to evaluate sensitization and was used in these studies. Recent advances in the use of reward/conflict paradigms permit use of operant measures of behavior, versus reflex-driven response behaviors, for thermal sensitization studies. Thus, to quantitate facial thermal sensitization (allodynia) in the setting of acute TBI, the current study utilized an operant orofacial pain reward/conflict testing paradigm to assess facial thermal sensitivity in uninjured control animals compared with those two weeks after cTBI in a rodent model. Significant reductions in facial contact/lick behaviors were observed in the TBI animals using either cool or warm challenge temperatures compared with behaviors in the normal animals. These facial thermal sensitizations correlated with detectable changes in multiple levels of the TSS. The immunohistochemical (IHC) studies revealed significant alterations in the expression of the serotonin (5-HT), neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1R), norepinephrine (NE), and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the caudal trigeminal nucleus, thalamic VPL/VPM nucleus, and sensory cortex of the orofacial pain pathways. There was a strong correlation between increased expression of certain IHC markers and increased behavioral markers for facial sensitization. The authors conclude that TBI-induced changes observed in the TSS are consistent with the expression of generalized facial allodynia following cTBI. To our knowledge, this is the first report of orofacial sensitization correlated with changes in selected neuromodulators/neurotransmitters in the TSS following experimental mild TBI.
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- Golam Mustafa
- Brain Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL 32608-1197, USA; Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0144, USA
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- Brain Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL 32608-1197, USA; Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0144, USA
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0144, USA
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- Brain Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL 32608-1197, USA
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- Brain Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL 32608-1197, USA
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- Brain Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL 32608-1197, USA
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- Brain Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL 32608-1197, USA
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0244, USA
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- Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0244, USA
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- Brain Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL 32608-1197, USA; Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0144, USA; Department of Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0244, USA
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- Brain Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL 32608-1197, USA; Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0144, USA; Department of Neurology, McKnight Brain Institute, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0236, USA.
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Allitt BJ, Johnstone VPA, Richards K, Yan EB, Rajan R. Progesterone Exacerbates Short-Term Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury on Supragranular Responses in Sensory Cortex and Over-Excites Infragranular Responses in the Long Term. J Neurotrauma 2015; 33:375-89. [PMID: 26258958 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2015.3946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Progesterone (P4) has been suggested as a neuroprotective agent for traumatic brain injury (TBI) because it ameliorates many post-TBI sequelae. We examined the effects of P4 treatment on the short-term (4 days post-TBI) and long-term (8 weeks post-TBI) aftermath on neuronal processing in the rodent sensory cortex of impact acceleration-induced diffuse TBI. We have previously reported that in sensory cortex, diffuse TBI induces a short-term hypoexcitation that is greatest in the supragranular layers and decreases with depth, but a long-term hyperexcitation that is exclusive to the supragranular layers. Now, adult male TBI-treated rats administered P4 showed, in the short term, even greater suppression in neural responses in supragranular layers but a reversal of the TBI-induced suppression in granular and infragranular layers. In long-term TBI there were only inconsistent effects of P4 on the TBI-induced hyperexcitation in supragranular responses but infragranular responses, which were not affected by TBI alone, were elevated by P4 treatment. Intriguingly, the effects in the injured brain were almost identical to P4 effects in the normal brain, as seen in sham control animals treated with P4: in the short term, P4 effects in the normal brain were identical to those exercised in the injured brain and in the long term, P4 effects in the normal brain were rather similar to what was seen in the TBI brain. Overall, these results provide no support for any protective effects of P4 treatment on neuronal encoding in diffuse TBI, and this was reflected in sensorimotor and other behavior tasks also tested here. Additionally, the effects suggest that mechanisms used for P4 effects in the normal brain are also intact in the injured brain.
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- Benjamin J Allitt
- 1 Department of Physiology, Monash University , Clayton VIC, Australia
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- 1 Department of Physiology, Monash University , Clayton VIC, Australia .,2 Current address: School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology, The University of Western Australia , Crawley WA, Australia
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- 1 Department of Physiology, Monash University , Clayton VIC, Australia
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- 1 Department of Physiology, Monash University , Clayton VIC, Australia
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- 1 Department of Physiology, Monash University , Clayton VIC, Australia
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Johnstone VPA, Wright DK, Wong K, O'Brien TJ, Rajan R, Shultz SR. Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury Results in Long-Term Recovery of Functional Responsiveness in Sensory Cortex but Persisting Structural Changes and Sensorimotor, Cognitive, and Emotional Deficits. J Neurotrauma 2015; 32:1333-46. [PMID: 25739059 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death worldwide. In recent studies, we have shown that experimental TBI caused an immediate (24-h post) suppression of neuronal processing, especially in supragranular cortical layers. We now examine the long-term effects of experimental TBI on the sensory cortex and how these changes may contribute to a range of TBI morbidities. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats received either a moderate lateral fluid percussion injury (n=14) or a sham surgery (n=12) and 12 weeks of recovery before behavioral assessment, magnetic resonance imaging, and electrophysiological recordings from the barrel cortex. TBI rats demonstrated sensorimotor deficits, cognitive impairments, and anxiety-like behavior, and this was associated with significant atrophy of the barrel cortex and other brain structures. Extracellular recordings from ipsilateral barrel cortex revealed normal neuronal responsiveness and diffusion tensor MRI showed increased fractional anisotropy, axial diffusivity, and tract density within this region. These findings suggest that long-term recovery of neuronal responsiveness is owing to structural reorganization within this region. Therefore, it is likely that long-term structural and functional changes within sensory cortex post-TBI may allow for recovery of neuronal responsiveness, but that this recovery does not remediate all behavioral deficits.
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- 2 Anatomy and Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC, Australia, and The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health , Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- 3 Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The Melbourne Brain Center, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- 3 Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The Melbourne Brain Center, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- 4 Department of Physiology, Monash University , Clayton VIC, Australia
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- 3 Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The Melbourne Brain Center, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Brunton EK, Winther-Jensen B, Wang C, Yan EB, Hagh Gooie S, Lowery AJ, Rajan R. In vivo comparison of the charge densities required to evoke motor responses using novel annular penetrating microelectrodes. FRONTIERS IN NEUROENGINEERING 2015; 8:5. [PMID: 26029097 PMCID: PMC4429246 DOI: 10.3389/fneng.2015.00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Electrodes for cortical stimulation need to deliver current to neural tissue effectively and safely. We have developed electrodes with a novel annular geometry for use in cortical visual prostheses. Here, we explore a critical question on the ideal annulus height to ensure electrical stimulation will be safe and effective. We implanted single electrodes into the motor cortex of anesthetized rats and measured the current required to evoke a motor response to stimulation, and the charge injection capacity (CIC) of the electrodes. We compared platinum iridium (PtIr) electrodes with different annulus heights, with and without a coating of porous titanium nitride (TiN). Threshold charge densities to evoke a motor response ranged from 12 to 36 μC.cm-2.ph-1. Electrodes with larger geometric surface areas (GSAs) required higher currents to evoke responses, but lower charge densities. The addition of a porous TiN coating did not significantly influence the current required to evoke a motor response. The CIC of both electrode types was significantly reduced in vivo compared with in vitro measurements. The measured CIC was 72 and 18 μC.cm-2.ph-1 for electrodes with and without a TiN coating, respectively. These results support the use of PtIr annular electrodes with annulus heights greater than 100 μm (GSA of 38, 000 μm2). However, if the electrodes are coated with porous TiN the annulus height can be reduced to 40 μm (GSA of 16,000 μm2).
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- Emma K Brunton
- Monash Vision Group, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia ; Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia ; Department of Physiology, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Vision Group, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia ; Department of Physiology, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Vision Group, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia ; Department of Physiology, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Vision Group, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia ; Department of Physiology, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Vision Group, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia ; Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Vision Group, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia ; Department of Physiology, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia
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Brunton EK, Winther-Jensen B, Wang C, Yan EB, Hagh Gooie S, Lowery AJ, Rajan R. In vivo comparison of the charge densities required to evoke motor responses using novel annular penetrating microelectrodes. Front Neurosci 2015; 9:265. [PMID: 26283905 PMCID: PMC4518750 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Electrodes for cortical stimulation need to deliver current to neural tissue effectively and safely. We have developed electrodes with a novel annular geometry for use in cortical visual prostheses. Here, we explore a critical question on the ideal annulus height to ensure electrical stimulation will be safe and effective. We implanted single electrodes into the motor cortex of anesthetized rats and measured the current required to evoke a motor response to stimulation, and the charge injection capacity (CIC) of the electrodes. We compared platinum iridium (PtIr) electrodes with different annulus heights, with and without a coating of porous titanium nitride (TiN). Threshold charge densities to evoke a motor response ranged from 12 to 36 μC.cm-2.ph-1. Electrodes with larger geometric surface areas (GSAs) required higher currents to evoke responses, but lower charge densities. The addition of a porous TiN coating did not significantly influence the current required to evoke a motor response. The CIC of both electrode types was significantly reduced in vivo compared with in vitro measurements. The measured CIC was 72 and 18 μC.cm-2.ph-1 for electrodes with and without a TiN coating, respectively. These results support the use of PtIr annular electrodes with annulus heights greater than 100 μm (GSA of 38, 000 μm2). However, if the electrodes are coated with porous TiN the annulus height can be reduced to 40 μm (GSA of 16,000 μm2).
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- Emma K Brunton
- Monash Vision Group, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia ; Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia ; Department of Physiology, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Vision Group, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia ; Department of Physiology, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Vision Group, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia ; Department of Physiology, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Vision Group, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia ; Department of Physiology, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Vision Group, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia ; Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Vision Group, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia ; Department of Physiology, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia
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Makowiecki K, Garrett A, Clark V, Graham SL, Rodger J. Reliability of VEP Recordings Using Chronically Implanted Screw Electrodes in Mice. Transl Vis Sci Technol 2015; 4:15. [PMID: 25938003 DOI: 10.1167/tvst.4.2.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Visual evoked potentials (VEPs) are widely used to objectively assess visual system function in animal models of ophthalmological diseases. Although use of chronically implanted electrodes is common in longitudinal VEP studies using rodent models, reliability of recordings over time has not been assessed. We compared VEPs 1 and 7 days after electrode implantation in the adult mouse. We also examined stimulus-independent changes over time, by assessing electroencephalogram (EEG) power and approximate entropy of the EEG signal. METHODS Stainless steel screws (600-μm diameter) were implanted into the skull overlying the right visual cortex and the orbitofrontal cortex of adult mice (C57Bl/6J, n = 7). Animals were reanesthetized 1 and 7 days after implantation to record VEP responses (flashed gratings) and EEG activity. Brain sections were stained for glial activation (GFAP) and cell death (TUNEL). RESULTS Reliability analysis, using intraclass correlation coefficients, showed VEP recordings had high reliability within the same session, regardless of time after electrode implantation and peak latencies and approximate entropy of the EEG did not change significantly with time. However, there was poorer reliability between recordings obtained on different days, and a significant decrease in VEP amplitudes and EEG power. This amplitude decrease could be normalized by scaling to EEG power (within-subjects). Furthermore, glial activation was present at both time points but there was no evidence of cell death. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that VEP responses can be reliably recorded even after a relatively short recovery period but decrease response peak amplitude over time. Although scaling the VEP trace to EEG power normalized this decrease, our results highlight that time-dependent cortical excitability changes are an important consideration in longitudinal VEP studies. TRANSLATIONAL RELEVANCE This study shows changes in VEP characteristics over time in chronically implanted mice. Thus, future preclinical longitudinal studies should consider time in addition to amplitude and latency when designing and interpreting research.
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- Kalina Makowiecki
- Experimental and Regenerative Neurosciences School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley WA, Australia
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- Experimental and Regenerative Neurosciences School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley WA, Australia
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- Experimental and Regenerative Neurosciences School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley WA, Australia
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- Australian School Advanced Medicine Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia
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- Experimental and Regenerative Neurosciences School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley WA, Australia
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Risk factors for idiopathic dystonia in Queensland, Australia. J Clin Neurosci 2014; 21:2145-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Revised: 03/22/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging of mild traumatic brain injury. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2014; 49:8-18. [PMID: 25434880 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Revised: 09/02/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) offers great promise for elucidating the neuropathology associated with a single or repetitive mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). The current review discusses the physiological underpinnings of the blood-oxygen level dependent response and how trauma affects the signal. Methodological challenges associated with fMRI data analyses are considered next, followed by a review of current mTBI findings. The majority of evoked studies have examined working memory and attentional functioning, with results suggesting a complex relationship between cognitive load/attentional demand and neuronal activation. Researchers have more recently investigated how brain trauma affects functional connectivity, and the benefits/drawbacks of evoked and functional connectivity studies are also discussed. The review concludes by discussing the major clinical challenges associated with fMRI studies of brain-injured patients, including patient heterogeneity and variations in scan-time post-injury. We conclude that the fMRI signal represents a complex filter through which researchers can measure the physiological correlates of concussive symptoms, an important goal for the burgeoning field of mTBI research.
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Johnstone VP, Shultz SR, Yan EB, O'Brien TJ, Rajan R. The acute phase of mild traumatic brain injury is characterized by a distance-dependent neuronal hypoactivity. J Neurotrauma 2014; 31:1881-95. [PMID: 24927383 PMCID: PMC4224042 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The consequences of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) on neuronal functionality are only now being elucidated. We have now examined the changes in sensory encoding in the whisker-recipient barrel cortex and the brain tissue damage in the acute phase (24 h) after induction of TBI (n=9), with sham controls receiving surgery only (n=5). Injury was induced using the lateral fluid percussion injury method, which causes a mixture of focal and diffuse brain injury. Both population and single cell neuronal responses evoked by both simple and complex whisker stimuli revealed a suppression of activity that decreased with distance from the locus of injury both within a hemisphere and across hemispheres, with a greater extent of hypoactivity in ipsilateral barrel cortex compared with contralateral cortex. This was coupled with an increase in spontaneous output in Layer 5a, but only ipsilateral to the injury site. There was also disruption of axonal integrity in various regions in the ipsilateral but not contralateral hemisphere. These results complement our previous findings after mild diffuse-only TBI induced by the weight-drop impact acceleration method where, in the same acute post-injury phase, we found a similar depth-dependent hypoactivity in sensory cortex. This suggests a common sequelae of events in both diffuse TBI and mixed focal/diffuse TBI in the immediate post-injury period that then evolve over time to produce different long-term functional outcomes.
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- Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The Melbourne Brain Centre, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The Melbourne Brain Centre, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Alwis DS, Rajan R. Environmental enrichment and the sensory brain: the role of enrichment in remediating brain injury. Front Syst Neurosci 2014; 8:156. [PMID: 25228861 PMCID: PMC4151031 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2014] [Accepted: 08/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The brain's life-long capacity for experience-dependent plasticity allows adaptation to new environments or to changes in the environment, and to changes in internal brain states such as occurs in brain damage. Since the initial discovery by Hebb (1947) that environmental enrichment (EE) was able to confer improvements in cognitive behavior, EE has been investigated as a powerful form of experience-dependent plasticity. Animal studies have shown that exposure to EE results in a number of molecular and morphological alterations, which are thought to underpin changes in neuronal function and ultimately, behavior. These consequences of EE make it ideally suited for investigation into its use as a potential therapy after neurological disorders, such as traumatic brain injury (TBI). In this review, we aim to first briefly discuss the effects of EE on behavior and neuronal function, followed by a review of the underlying molecular and structural changes that account for EE-dependent plasticity in the normal (uninjured) adult brain. We then extend this review to specifically address the role of EE in the treatment of experimental TBI, where we will discuss the demonstrated sensorimotor and cognitive benefits associated with exposure to EE, and their possible mechanisms. Finally, we will explore the use of EE-based rehabilitation in the treatment of human TBI patients, highlighting the remaining questions regarding the effects of EE.
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- Dasuni S Alwis
- Department of Physiology, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia
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Alwis DS, Johnstone V, Yan E, Rajan R. Diffuse traumatic brain injury and the sensory brain. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2014; 40:473-83. [PMID: 23611812 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.12100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2012] [Accepted: 04/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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In this review we discuss the consequences to the brain's cortex, specifically to the sensory cortex, of traumatic brain injury. The thesis underlying this approach is that long-term deficits in cognition seen after brain damage in humans are likely underpinned by an impaired cortical processing of the sensory information needed to drive cognition or to be used by cognitive processes to produce a response. We take it here that the impairment to sensory processing does not arise from damage to peripheral sensory systems, but from disordered brain processing of sensory input.
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- Dasuni S Alwis
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
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Miremami JD, Talauliker PM, Harrison JL, Lifshitz J. Neuropathology in sensory, but not motor, brainstem nuclei of the rat whisker circuit after diffuse brain injury. Somatosens Mot Res 2014; 31:127-35. [DOI: 10.3109/08990220.2014.897602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Alwis DS, Rajan R. Environmental enrichment causes a global potentiation of neuronal responses across stimulus complexity and lamina of sensory cortex. Front Cell Neurosci 2013; 7:124. [PMID: 23964199 PMCID: PMC3737482 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Accepted: 07/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Enriched social and physical housing produces many molecular, anatomical, electrophysiological and behavior benefits even in adult animals. Much less is known of its effects on cortical electrophysiology, especially in how sensory cortex encodes the altered environment, and extant studies have generally been restricted to neurons in input laminae in sensory cortex. To extend the understanding of how an enriched environment alters the way in which cortex views the world, we investigated enrichment-induced changes in neuronal encoding of sensory stimuli across all laminae of the rat barrel cortex receiving input from the face whisker tactile system. Animals were housed in Enriched (n = 13) or Isolated housing (n = 13) conditions for 8 weeks before extracellular recordings were obtained from barrel cortex in response to simple whisker deflections and whisker motions modeling movements seen in awake animals undertaking a variety of different tasks. Enrichment resulted in increases in neuronal responses to all stimuli, ranging from those modeling exploratory behavior through to discrimination behaviors. These increases were seen throughout the cortex from supragranular layers through to input Layer 4 and for some stimuli, in infragranular Layer 5. The observed enrichment-induced effect is consistent with the postulate that enrichment causes shift in cortical excitatory/inhibitory balance, and we demonstrate this is greatest in supragranular layers. However, we also report that the effects are non-selective for stimulus parameters across a range of stimuli except for one modeling the likely use of whiskers by the rats in the enriched housing.
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- Dasuni S Alwis
- Department of Physiology, Monash University Clayton, VIC, Australia
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