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Fesharaki-Zadeh A, Datta D. An overview of preclinical models of traumatic brain injury (TBI): relevance to pathophysiological mechanisms. Front Cell Neurosci 2024; 18:1371213. [PMID: 38682091 PMCID: PMC11045909 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2024.1371213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024] Open
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Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, affecting millions annually worldwide. Although the majority of TBI patients return to premorbid baseline, a subset of patient can develop persistent and often debilitating neurocognitive and behavioral changes. The etiology of TBI within the clinical setting is inherently heterogenous, ranging from sport related injuries, fall related injuries and motor vehicle accidents in the civilian setting, to blast injuries in the military setting. Objective Animal models of TBI, offer the distinct advantage of controlling for injury modality, duration and severity. Furthermore, preclinical models of TBI have provided the necessary temporal opportunity to study the chronic neuropathological sequelae of TBI, including neurodegenerative sequelae such as tauopathy and neuroinflammation within the finite experimental timeline. Despite the high prevalence of TBI, there are currently no disease modifying regimen for TBI, and the current clinical treatments remain largely symptom based. The preclinical models have provided the necessary biological substrate to examine the disease modifying effect of various pharmacological agents and have imperative translational value. Methods The current review will include a comprehensive survey of well-established preclinical models, including classic preclinical models including weight drop, blast injury, fluid percussion injury, controlled cortical impact injury, as well as more novel injury models including closed-head impact model of engineered rotational acceleration (CHIMERA) models and closed-head projectile concussive impact model (PCI). In addition to rodent preclinical models, the review will include an overview of other species including large animal models and Drosophila. Results There are major neuropathological perturbations post TBI captured in various preclinical models, which include neuroinflammation, calcium dysregulation, tauopathy, mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress, axonopathy, as well as glymphatic system disruption. Conclusion The preclinical models of TBI continue to offer valuable translational insight, as well as essential neurobiological basis to examine specific disease modifying therapeutic regimen.
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- Arman Fesharaki-Zadeh
- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Division of Aging and Geriatric Psychiatry, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, United States
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Zhao Q, Zhang J, Li H, Li H, Xie F. Models of traumatic brain injury-highlights and drawbacks. Front Neurol 2023; 14:1151660. [PMID: 37396767 PMCID: PMC10309005 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1151660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause for high morbidity and mortality rates in young adults, survivors may suffer from long-term physical, cognitive, and/or psychological disorders. Establishing better models of TBI would further our understanding of the pathophysiology of TBI and develop new potential treatments. A multitude of animal TBI models have been used to replicate the various aspects of human TBI. Although numerous experimental neuroprotective strategies were identified to be effective in animal models, a majority of strategies have failed in phase II or phase III clinical trials. This failure in clinical translation highlights the necessity of revisiting the current status of animal models of TBI and therapeutic strategies. In this review, we elucidate approaches for the generation of animal models and cell models of TBI and summarize their strengths and limitations with the aim of exploring clinically meaningful neuroprotective strategies.
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- Qinghui Zhao
- Institute of Physical Culture, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian, China
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- Institute of Physical Culture, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian, China
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- Institute of Physical Culture, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian, China
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- Zhumadian Central Hospital, Zhumadian, China
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- Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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Yasmin A, Jokivarsi K, Poutiainen P, Pitkänen A, Gröhn O, Immonen R. Chronic hypometabolism in striatum and hippocampal network after traumatic brain injury and their relation with memory impairment - [18F]-FDG-PET and MRI 4 months after fluid percussion injury in rat. Brain Res 2022; 1788:147934. [PMID: 35483447 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2022.147934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hippocampal and thalamo-cortico-striatal networks are critical for memory function as well as execution of a variety of learning strategies. In subjects with memory impairment as a sequel of traumatic brain injury (TBI), the contribution of late metabolic depression across these networks to memory deficit is poorly understood. We used [18F]-FDG-PET to measure chronic post-TBI glucose uptake in the striatum and connected brain areas (septal and temporal hippocampus, thalamus, entorhinal cortex, frontoparietal cortex and amygdala) in rats with lateral fluid-percussion injury (LFPI). Then we assessed a link between network hypometabolism and memory impairment. At 4 months post TBI, glucose uptake was decreased in ipsilateral striatum (10%, p = 0.027), frontoparietal cortex (17%, p = 0.00009), and hippocampus (22%, p = 0.027) as compared to sham operated controls. Thalamic uptake was 6% lower ipsilaterally than contralaterally, p = 0.00004). At 5 months, Morris water maze (MWM) showed memory impairment in 83% of the rats with TBI. The lower the hippocampal or striatal [18F]-FDG uptake, the poorer the MWM performance (hippocampus: r = -0.471, p < 0.05; striatum: r = -0.696, p < 0.001). Striatal [18F]-FDG-PET identified the injured animals with memory impairment with 100% specificity and sensitivity (AUC = 1.000, p = 0.009). Interestingly, the low striatal glucose uptake was a better diagnostic biomarker for memory impairment than the reduced hippocampal (AUC = 0.806, p = 0.112) or entorhinal (AUC = 0.528, p = 0.885) glucose uptake. The volumetric atrophy assessed in T2 weighted MRI or the gliotic area in Nissl staining did not correlate with glucose uptake. Arterial spin labeling did not indicate any reduction in the striatal blood flow. Our study suggests that TBI-induced chronic hypometabolism in striatum contributes to the cognitive deficits.
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- Amna Yasmin
- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Radiopharmacy, Kuopio University Hospital, P.O. Box 100, FI-70029 KYS, Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland.
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Yuan M, Wu H. Astrocytes in the Traumatic Brain Injury: the Good and the Bad. Exp Neurol 2021; 348:113943. [PMID: 34863998 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Astrocytes control many processes of the nervous system in health and disease, and respond to injury quickly. Astrocytes produce neuroprotective factors in the injured brain to clear cellular debris and to orchestrate neurorestorative processes that are beneficial for neurological recovery after traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, astrocytes also become dysregulated and produce cytotoxic mediators that hinder CNS repair by induction of neuronal dysfunction and cell death. Hence, we discuss the potential role of astrocytes in neuropathological processes such as neuroinflammation, neurogenesis, synaptogenesis and blood-brain barrier repair after TBI. Thus, an improved understanding of the dual role of astrocytes may advance our knowledge of post-brain injury recovery, and provide opportunities for the development of novel therapeutic strategies for TBI.
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- Mengqi Yuan
- Institute of Neuroscience, Hengyang Medical College, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, Hunan, China
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- Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, 100850 Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, Jiangsu, China; Chinese Institute for Brain Research (CIBR), 102206 Beijing, China.
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Sharpe C, Sinclair B, Kwan P, Hicks RJ, O'Brien TJ, Vivash L. Longitudinal changes of focal cortical glucose hypometabolism in adults with chronic drug resistant temporal lobe epilepsy. Brain Imaging Behav 2021; 15:2795-2803. [PMID: 34671889 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-021-00576-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A high proportion of patients with drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) show focal relative hypometabolism in the region of the epileptogenic zone on [18F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET). However, whether focal (hypo)metabolism changes over time has not been well studied. We analysed repeated [18F]-FDG PET scans of patients with TLE to determine longitudinal changes in glucose metabolism. Adults (n = 16; 9 female, 7 male) diagnosed with drug resistant chronic TLE were assessed. Each patient had two [18F]-FDG PET scans that were 2-95 months apart. Region-of-interest analysis was performed on MR images onto which PET scans were coregistered to determine the relative [18F]-FDG uptake (normalised to pons) in the bilateral hippocampi and temporal lobes. Statistical Parametric Mapping analysis investigated global voxel-wise changes in relative metabolism between timepoints. Normalised [18F]-FDG uptake did not change with time in the ipsilateral (baseline 1.14 ± 0.03, follow-up 1.19 ± -0.04) or contralateral hippocampus (baseline 1.18 ± 0.03, follow-up 1.19 ± 0.03). Uptake in the temporal neocortex also remained stable (ipsilateral baseline 1.35 ± 0.03, follow-up 1.30 ± 0.04; contralateral baseline 1.38 ± 0.04, follow-up 1.33 ± 0.03). The was no relationship between change in uptake on the repeated scans and the time between the scans. SPM analysis showed increases in metabolism in the ipsilateral temporal lobe in 2/16 patients. No areas of decreased metabolism concordant to the epileptogenic zone were identified. [18F]-FDG uptake showed no significant changes over time in patients with drug-resistant TLE. This suggests that repeating FDG-PET scans in patients with subtle or no hypometabolism is of low clinical yield.
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- Catherine Sharpe
- Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Medicine and Radiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medicine and Radiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Neurosciences, The Central Clinical School, Monash University, Level 6 The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Medicine and Radiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Neurosciences, The Central Clinical School, Monash University, Level 6 The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia.,Department of Neurology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular Imaging, The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Medicine and Radiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Neurosciences, The Central Clinical School, Monash University, Level 6 The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia.,Department of Neurology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia. .,Department of Medicine and Radiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia. .,Department of Neurosciences, The Central Clinical School, Monash University, Level 6 The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia. .,Department of Neurology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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Animal models of traumatic brain injury: a review of pathophysiology to biomarkers and treatments. Exp Brain Res 2021; 239:2939-2950. [PMID: 34324019 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-021-06178-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the main causes of death and disability in both civilian and military population. TBI may occur via a variety of etiologies, all of which involve trauma to the head. However, the neuroprotective drugs which were found to be very effective in animal TBI models failed in phase II or phase III clinical trials, emphasizing a compelling need to review the current status of animal TBI models and therapeutic strategies. No single animal model can adequately mimic all aspects of human TBI owing to the heterogeneity of clinical TBI. However, due to the ethical limitations, it is difficult to precisely emulate the TBI mechanisms that occur in humans. Therefore, many animal models with varying severity and mechanisms of brain injury have been developed, and each model has its own pros and cons in its implementation for TBI research. These challenges pose a need for study of continued TBI mechanisms, brain injury severity, duration, treatment strategies, and optimization of animal models across the neurotrauma research community. The aim of this review is to discuss (1) causes of TBI, (2) its prevalence in military and civilian population, (3) classification and pathophysiology of TBI, (4) biomarkers and detection methods, (5) animal models of TBI, and (6) the advantages and disadvantages of each model and the species used, as well as possible treatments.
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Shultz SR, McDonald SJ, Corrigan F, Semple BD, Salberg S, Zamani A, Jones NC, Mychasiuk R. Clinical Relevance of Behavior Testing in Animal Models of Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma 2020; 37:2381-2400. [DOI: 10.1089/neu.2018.6149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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- Sandy R. Shultz
- Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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A critical review of radiotracers in the positron emission tomography imaging of traumatic brain injury: FDG, tau, and amyloid imaging in mild traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2020; 48:623-641. [DOI: 10.1007/s00259-020-04926-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The Delayed Neuroprotective Effect of Methylene Blue in Experimental Rat Brain Trauma. Antioxidants (Basel) 2020; 9:antiox9050377. [PMID: 32370131 PMCID: PMC7278725 DOI: 10.3390/antiox9050377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Revised: 04/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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After traumatic brain injury (TBI), an increase in dysfunction of the limbs contralateral to injury focus was observed. Using different behavioral tests, we found that a single intravenous injection of methylene blue (MB, 1 mg/kg) 30 min after the injury reduced the impairment of the motor functions of the limbs from 7 to 120 days after TBI. Administration of methylene blue 30 min after the injury and then monthly (six injections in total) was the most effective both in terms of preservation of limb function and duration of therapeutic action. This therapeutic effect was clearly manifested from the seventh day and continued until the end of the experiment-by the 180th day after TBI. MB is known to possess antioxidant properties; it has a protective effect against TBI by promoting autophagy and minimizing lesion volume in the first two weeks after TBI. Studies of the brains on the 180th day after TBI demonstrated that the monthly treatment of animals with MB statistically significantly prevented an increase in the density of microglial cells in the ipsilateral hemisphere and a decrease in the thickness of the corpus callosum in the contralateral hemisphere in comparison with untreated animals. However, on the 180th day after TBI, the magnetic resonance imaging scan of the animal brains did not show a significant reduction in the volume of the lesion in MB-treated animals. These findings are important for understanding the development of the long-term effects of TBI and expand the required therapeutic window for targeted neuroprotective interventions.
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The benefits of voluntary physical exercise after traumatic brain injury on rat's object recognition memory: A comparison of different temporal schedules. Exp Neurol 2020; 326:113178. [PMID: 31926165 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2020.113178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2019] [Revised: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Physical exercise can reduce the cognitive decline associated with traumatic brain injury, yet little is known about the optimal administration schedules. Here, different protocols of voluntary wheel running were evaluated for their effects on object recognition memory (ORM), neuroprotection (NeuN+ cells), microglial reactivity (Iba1 staining) and neurogenesis (DCX+ cells) after controlled cortical impact injury (CCI). CCI-lesioned rats were divided into a sedentary group and three exercise groups: early discontinued exercise (3 weeks of exercise initiated 4 days post-injury, followed by 4 weeks in a sedentary state); delayed exercise (3 weeks of exercise initiated 4 weeks post-injury), and early continuous exercise (7 weeks of exercise starting 4 days post-injury). The deficits induced by CCI in a 24 h ORM test were reversed in the delayed exercise group and reduced in the early discontinued and early continuous groups. The early discontinued protocol also reduced the loss of NeuN+ cells in the hilus, while attenuated microglial reactivity was found in the dorsal hippocampus of both the early exercising groups. Running at the end of the experiment increased the number of DCX+ cells in the early continuous and delayed groups, and an inverted U-shaped relationship was found between the mean daily exercise time and the amount of neurogenesis. Thus, exercise had benefits on memory both when it was commenced soon and later after injury, although the neural mechanisms implicated differed. Accordingly, the effects of exercise on memory and neurogenesis appear to not only depend on the specific temporal schedule but also, they may be influenced by the amount of daily exercise.
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Leiter I, Bascuñana P, Bengel FM, Bankstahl JP, Bankstahl M. Attenuation of epileptogenesis by 2-deoxy-d-glucose is accompanied by increased cerebral glucose supply, microglial activation and reduced astrocytosis. Neurobiol Dis 2019; 130:104510. [PMID: 31212069 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2019.104510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Revised: 06/02/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Neuronal excitability and brain energy homeostasis are strongly interconnected and evidence suggests that both become altered during epileptogenesis. Pharmacologic modulation of cerebral glucose metabolism might therefore exert anti-epileptogenic effects. Here we provide mechanistic insights into effects of the glycolytic inhibitor 2-deoxy-d-glucose (2-DG) on experimental epileptogenesis by longitudinal 2-deoxy-2[18F]fluoro-d-glucose positron emission tomography ([18F]FDG PET) and histology. METHODS To imitate epileptogenesis, 6 Hz-corneal kindling was performed in male NMRI mice by twice daily electrical stimulation for 21 days. Kindling groups were treated i.p. 1 min after each stimulation with either 250 mg/kg 2-DG (CoKi_2-DG) or saline (CoKi_vehicle). A separate group of unstimulated mice was treated with 2-DG (2-DG_only). Dynamic 60-min [18F]FDG PET/CT scans were acquired at baseline and interictally on days 10 and 17 of kindling. [18F]FDG uptake (%injected dose/cc) was quantified in predefined regions of interest (ROI) using a MRI-based brain atlas, and kinetic modelling was performed to evaluate glucose net influx rate Ki and glucose metabolic rate MRGlu. Furthermore, statistical parametric mapping (SPM) analysis was applied on kinetic brain maps. For histological evaluation, brain sections were stained for glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1), astrocytes, microglia, as well as dying neurons. RESULTS Post-stimulation 2-DG treatment attenuated early kindling progression, indicated by a reduction of fully-kindled mice, and a lower overall percentage of type five seizures. While 2-DG treatment alone led to globally increased Ki and MRGlu values at day 17, kindling progression per se did not influence glucose turnover. Kindling accompanied by 2-DG treatment, however, resulted in regionally elevated [18F]FDG uptake as well as increased Ki at days 10 and 17 compared both to baseline and to the 2-DG_only group. In hippocampus and thalamus, higher MRGlu values were found in the CoKi_2-DG vs. the CoKi_vehicle group at day 17. t maps resulting from SPM analysis generally confirmed the results of the ROI analysis, and additionally revealed increased MRGlu restricted to the ventral hippocampus when comparing the CoKi_2-DG and the 2-DG_only group both at days 10 and, more distinct, day 17. Immunohistochemical staining showed an attenuated kindling-induced regional activation of astrocytes in the CoKi_2-DG group. Interestingly, 2-DG treatment alone (and also in combination with kindling, but not kindling alone) led to increased microglial activation scores, whereas neither staining of GLUT1 nor of dying neurons revealed any differences to untreated controls. CONCLUSIONS Post-stimulation treatment with 2-DG exerts disease-modifying effects in the mouse 6 Hz corneal kindling model. The observed local increase in glucose supply and turnover, the alleviation of astroglial activation and the activation of microglia by 2-DG might contribute separately or in combination to its positive interference with epileptogenesis.
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- Ina Leiter
- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover and Center for Systems Neuroscience, Bünteweg 17, 30559 Hannover, Germany; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover and Center for Systems Neuroscience, Bünteweg 17, 30559 Hannover, Germany.
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Agoston DV, Vink R, Helmy A, Risling M, Nelson D, Prins M. How to Translate Time: The Temporal Aspects of Rodent and Human Pathobiological Processes in Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma 2019; 36:1724-1737. [PMID: 30628544 PMCID: PMC7643768 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2018.6261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) triggers multiple pathobiological responses with differing onsets, magnitudes, and durations. Identifying the therapeutic window of individual pathologies is critical for successful pharmacological treatment. Dozens of experimental pharmacotherapies have been successfully tested in rodent models, yet all of them (to date) have failed in clinical trials. The differing time scales of rodent and human biological and pathological processes may have contributed to these failures. We compared rodent versus human time scales of TBI-induced changes in cerebral glucose metabolism, inflammatory processes, axonal integrity, and water homeostasis based on published data. We found that the trajectories of these pathologies run on different timescales in the two species, and it appears that there is no universal "conversion rate" between rodent and human pathophysiological processes. For example, the inflammatory process appears to have an abbreviated time scale in rodents versus humans relative to cerebral glucose metabolism or axonal pathologies. Limitations toward determining conversion rates for various pathobiological processes include the use of differing outcome measures in experimental and clinical TBI studies and the rarity of longitudinal studies. In order to better translate time and close the translational gap, we suggest 1) using clinically relevant outcome measures, primarily in vivo imaging and blood-based proteomics, in experimental TBI studies and 2) collecting data at multiple post-injury time points with a frequency exceeding the expected information content by two or three times. Combined with a big data approach, we believe these measures will facilitate the translation of promising experimental treatments into clinical use.
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- Denes V. Agoston
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Health Science, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Section of Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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Ma X, Aravind A, Pfister BJ, Chandra N, Haorah J. Animal Models of Traumatic Brain Injury and Assessment of Injury Severity. Mol Neurobiol 2019; 56:5332-5345. [DOI: 10.1007/s12035-018-1454-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Koenig JB, Dulla CG. Dysregulated Glucose Metabolism as a Therapeutic Target to Reduce Post-traumatic Epilepsy. Front Cell Neurosci 2018; 12:350. [PMID: 30459556 PMCID: PMC6232824 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant cause of disability worldwide and can lead to post-traumatic epilepsy. Multiple molecular, cellular, and network pathologies occur following injury which may contribute to epileptogenesis. Efforts to identify mechanisms of disease progression and biomarkers which predict clinical outcomes have focused heavily on metabolic changes. Advances in imaging approaches, combined with well-established biochemical methodologies, have revealed a complex landscape of metabolic changes that occur acutely after TBI and then evolve in the days to weeks after. Based on this rich clinical and preclinical data, combined with the success of metabolic therapies like the ketogenic diet in treating epilepsy, interest has grown in determining whether manipulating metabolic activity following TBI may have therapeutic value to prevent post-traumatic epileptogenesis. Here, we focus on changes in glucose utilization and glycolytic activity in the brain following TBI and during seizures. We review relevant literature and outline potential paths forward to utilize glycolytic inhibitors as a disease-modifying therapy for post-traumatic epilepsy.
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- Jenny B Koenig
- Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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Yamaki T, Uchino Y, Henmi H, Kamezawa M, Hayakawa M, Uchida T, Ozaki Y, Onodera S, Oka N, Odaki M, Itou D, Kobayashi S. Increased brain glucose metabolism in chronic severe traumatic brain injury as determined by longitudinal 18F-FDG PET/CT. J Clin Neurosci 2018; 57:20-25. [PMID: 30172638 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2018.08.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Revised: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Little is known about changes in glucose metabolism in patients with chronic severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI). It remains to be elucidated how neurological manifestations of sTBI are associated with brain glucose metabolism during longitudinal follow-up. We show here that neurological manifestations are associated with changes of brain glucose metabolism by using two serial 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) images. In this longitudinal observational study, two serial 18F-FDG PET/CT images from each of 45 patients were analyzed for whole-brain maximum standardized uptake values (SUVmax). For clinical assessment, we applied two different scales: the coma recovery scale-revised and the original Chiba score with additional information regarding nutrition, excretion, facial expression, and position change of the patient's relative immobility and bedridden state. As a result, the increased FDG uptake group was associated with a high level of wakefulness (first PET, p = 0.04; second PET, p = 0.01) and small ventricular size (first PET, p = 0.01; second PET, p = 0.01). In addition, anticonvulsant withdrawal (p = 0.001), improvement of total Chiba score (p = 0.01), language expression (p = 0.03), position change (p = 0.03), and communication (p = 0.03) were accelerated in the increased FDG uptake group. Spearman's rank correlation coefficients of change in SUVmax and language expression between the first and second PET were 0.4 (p = 0.01). Our results indicate that chronic severe traumatic head injury patients have changed brain glucose metabolism.
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- Tomohiro Yamaki
- Division of Neurosurgery, Rehabilitation Center for Traumatic Apallics Chiba, National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims' Aid, 3-30-1 Isobe, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-0012, Japan; Division of PET Imaging, Rehabilitation Center for Traumatic Apallics Chiba, National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims' Aid, 3-30-1 Isobe, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-0012, Japan.
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Rehabilitation Center for Traumatic Apallics Chiba, National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims' Aid, 3-30-1 Isobe, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-0012, Japan; Division of PET Imaging, Rehabilitation Center for Traumatic Apallics Chiba, National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims' Aid, 3-30-1 Isobe, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-0012, Japan.
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- Division of PET Imaging, Rehabilitation Center for Traumatic Apallics Chiba, National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims' Aid, 3-30-1 Isobe, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-0012, Japan.
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- Division of PET Imaging, Rehabilitation Center for Traumatic Apallics Chiba, National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims' Aid, 3-30-1 Isobe, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-0012, Japan.
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- Division of PET Imaging, Rehabilitation Center for Traumatic Apallics Chiba, National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims' Aid, 3-30-1 Isobe, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-0012, Japan.
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- Division of PET Imaging, Rehabilitation Center for Traumatic Apallics Chiba, National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims' Aid, 3-30-1 Isobe, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-0012, Japan.
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- Division of PET Imaging, Rehabilitation Center for Traumatic Apallics Chiba, National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims' Aid, 3-30-1 Isobe, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-0012, Japan.
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- Division of PET Imaging, Rehabilitation Center for Traumatic Apallics Chiba, National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims' Aid, 3-30-1 Isobe, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-0012, Japan.
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Rehabilitation Center for Traumatic Apallics Chiba, National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims' Aid, 3-30-1 Isobe, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-0012, Japan.
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Rehabilitation Center for Traumatic Apallics Chiba, National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims' Aid, 3-30-1 Isobe, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-0012, Japan.
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Rehabilitation Center for Traumatic Apallics Chiba, National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims' Aid, 3-30-1 Isobe, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-0012, Japan.
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Rehabilitation Center for Traumatic Apallics Chiba, National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims' Aid, 3-30-1 Isobe, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-0012, Japan.
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Berberine Protects Secondary Injury in Mice with Traumatic Brain Injury Through Anti-oxidative and Anti-inflammatory Modulation. Neurochem Res 2018; 43:1814-1825. [PMID: 30027364 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-018-2597-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Revised: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the major causes of death and disability worldwide. Novel and effective therapy is needed to prevent the secondary spread of damage beyond the initial injury. The aim of this study was to investigate whether berberine has a neuroprotective effect on secondary injury post-TBI, and to explore its potential mechanism in this protection. The mice were randomly divided into Sham-saline, TBI-saline and TBI-Berberine (50 mg/kg). TBI was induced by Feeney's weight-drop technique. Saline or berberine was administered via oral gavage starting 1 h post-TBI and continuously for 21 days. Motor coordination, spatial learning and memory were assessed using beam-walking test and Morris water maze test, respectively. Brain sections were processed for lesion volume assessment, and expression of neuronal nuclei (NeuN), cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1 (Iba1) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) were detected via immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence. There were statistically significant improvement in motor coordination, spatial learning and memory in the TBI-Berberine group, compared to the TBI-saline group. Treatment with berberine significantly reduced cortical lesion volume, neuronal loss, COX-2, iNOS and 8-OHdG expression in both the cortical lesion border zone (LBZ) and ipsilateral hippocampal CA1 region (CA1), compared to TBI-saline. Berberine treatment also significantly decreased Iba1- and GFAP-positive cell number in both the cortical LBZ and ipsilateral CA1, relative to saline controls. These results indicated that berberine exerted neuroprotective effects on secondary injury in mice with TBI probably through anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory properties.
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Chandel S, Gupta SK, Medhi B. Epileptogenesis following experimentally induced traumatic brain injury - a systematic review. Rev Neurosci 2018; 27:329-46. [PMID: 26581067 DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2015-0050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Accepted: 10/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex neurotrauma in civilian life and the battlefield with a broad spectrum of symptoms, long-term neuropsychological disability, as well as mortality worldwide. Posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) is a common outcome of TBI with unknown mechanisms, followed by posttraumatic epileptogenesis. There are numerous rodent models of TBI available with varying pathomechanisms of head injury similar to human TBI, but there is no evidence for an adequate TBI model that can properly mimic all aspects of clinical TBI and the first successive spontaneous focal seizures follow a single episode of neurotrauma with respect to epileptogenesis. This review aims to provide current information regarding the various experimental animal models of TBI relevant to clinical TBI. Mossy fiber sprouting, loss of dentate hilar neurons along with recurrent seizures, and epileptic discharge similar to human PTE have been studied in fluid percussion injury, weight-drop injury, and cortical impact models, but further refinement of animal models and functional test is warranted to better understand the underlying pathophysiology of posttraumatic epileptogenesis. A multifaceted research approach in TBI model may lead to exploration of the potential treatment measures, which are a major challenge to the research community and drug developers. With respect to clinical setting, proper patient data collection, improved clinical trials with advancement in drug delivery strategies, blood-brain barrier permeability, and proper monitoring of level and effects of target drug are also important.
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Effects of L-theanine on anxiety-like behavior, cerebrospinal fluid amino acid profile, and hippocampal activity in Wistar Kyoto rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2018; 235:37-45. [PMID: 28971241 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-017-4743-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Revised: 07/16/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES The amino acid L-theanine (N-ethyl-L-glutamine) has historically been considered a relaxing agent. In the present study, we examined the effects of repeated L-theanine administration on behavior, levels of amino acids in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and hippocampal activity in Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats, an animal model of anxiety and depressive disorders. METHODS Behavioral tests were performed after 7-10 days of L-theanine (0.4 mg kg-1 day-1) or saline administration, followed by CSF sampling for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis. An independent set of animals was subjected to [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) scanning after the same dose of L-theanine or saline administration for 7 days. RESULTS In the elevated plus maze test, the time spent in the open arms was significantly longer in the L-theanine group than in the saline group (P = 0.035). In addition, significantly lower CSF glutamate (P = 0.039) and higher methionine (P = 0.024) concentrations were observed in the L-theanine group than in the saline group. A significant increase in the standard uptake value ratio was observed in the hippocampus/cerebellum of the L-theanine group (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that L-theanine enhances hippocampal activity and exerts anxiolytic effects, which may be mediated by changes in glutamate and methionine levels in the brain. Further study is required to more fully elucidate the mechanisms underlying the effects of L-theanine.
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Zhang H, Gao G, Zhang Y, Sun Y, Li H, Dong S, Ma W, Liu B, Wang W, Wu H, Zhang H. Glucose Deficiency Elevates Acid-Sensing Ion Channel 2a Expression and Increases Seizure Susceptibility in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Sci Rep 2017; 7:5870. [PMID: 28725010 PMCID: PMC5517604 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05038-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Brain hypometabolism is a common epilepsy-related finding in both patients and animal models. Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography studies have shown that recurrent seizures lead to reduced glucose metabolism in certain brain regions, but no studies have definitively determined whether this induces epileptogenesis. There is evidence that acid-sensing ion channel 2a (ASIC2a) affects epilepsy susceptibility. Transcription factor CP2 (TFCP2) regulates ASIC2a expression. We report that suppressed TFCP2 expression and elevated ASIC2a expression were associated with glucose hypometabolism in the hippocampi of humans with epilepsy and of rat epilepsy model brains. In cultured PC12 cells, we determined that glucose deficiency led to TFCP2 downregulating ASIC2a. Moreover, electrophysiological recordings from cultured rat hippocampal slices showed that ASIC2a overexpression resulted in more action potentials in CA1 pyramidal neurons and increased seizure susceptibility. Our findings suggest that hippocampal glucose hypometabolism elevates ASIC2a expression by suppressing TFCP2 expression, which further enhances the intrinsic excitability of CA1 pyramidal neurons and increases seizure susceptibility in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
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- Haitao Zhang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710038, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710038, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710038, People's Republic of China.
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Hypothermia pretreatment improves cognitive impairment via enhancing synaptic plasticity in a traumatic brain injury model. Brain Res 2017; 1672:18-28. [PMID: 28729191 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2017.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Revised: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Posttraumatic hypothermia attenuates cognitive deficits caused by TBI when it is administered at an early stage. However, little is known regarding the effect of hypothermia pretreatment on cognitive deficits one month after TBI. In the current study, the behavior test revealed that hypothermia pretreatment mitigates the learning and memory impairment induced by TBI in mice. Hypothermia treatment significantly increased the expression of PSD93, PSD95 and NR2B one month after TBI in the cortex and hippocampus compared with the normothermia group. Hypothermia pretreatment also restored the decreased spine number and the impairment in LTP and decreased the number of activated microglia one month after TBI. On the other hand, hypothermia pretreatment increased glucose metabolism in TBI mice. Taken together, these data suggested that hypothermia pretreatment is an effective method with which to prevent spine loss, maintain normal LTP and preserve learning and memory function after TBI. The neuroprotective role might be associated with the preservation of postsynaptic protein expression, the inhibition of activated microglia and the increase in glucose metabolism.
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Kim H, Yu T, Cam-Etoz B, van Groen T, Hubbard WJ, Chaudry IH. Treatment of traumatic brain injury with 17α-ethinylestradiol-3-sulfate in a rat model. J Neurosurg 2017; 127:23-31. [DOI: 10.3171/2016.7.jns161263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE17α-ethynylestradiol-3-sulfate (EE-3-SO4) is a highly water-soluble synthetic estrogen that has an extended half-life (∼ 10 hours) over that of naturally occurring estrogen (∼ 10 minutes). In this study, EE-3-SO4 was evaluated in a lateral fluid percussion–induced traumatic brain injury (TBI) model in rats.METHODSA total of 9 groups of Sprague-Dawley rats underwent craniectomy. Twenty-four hours later, lateral fluid percussion was applied to 6 groups of animals to induce TBI; the remaining 3 groups served as sham control groups. EE-3-SO4 (1 mg/kg body weight in 0.4 ml/kg body weight) or saline (vehicle control) was injected intravenously 1 hour after TBI; saline was injected in all sham animals. One day after EE-3-SO4/saline injection, intracranial pressure (ICP), cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), and partial brain oxygen pressure (PbtO2) were measured in Groups 1–3 (2 TBI groups and 1 sham group), and brain edema, diffusion axonal injury, and cerebral glycolysis were assessed in Groups 4–6 using MRI T2 mapping, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and FDG-PET imaging, respectively. Four days after dosing, the open-field anxiety of animals was assessed in Groups 7–9 by measuring the duration that each animal spent in the center area of an open chamber during 4 minutes of monitoring.RESULTSEE-3-SO4 significantly lowered ICP while raising CPP and PbtO2, compared with vehicle treatment in TBI-induced animals (p < 0.05). The mean size of cerebral edema of TBI animals treated with EE-3-SO4 was 25 ± 3 mm3 (mean ± SE), which was significantly smaller than that of vehicle-treated animals (67 ± 6 mm3, p < 0.001). Also, EE-3-SO4 treatment significantly increased the fractional anisotropy of the white matter in the ipsilateral side (p = 0.003) and cerebral glycolysis (p = 0.014). The mean duration that EE-3-SO4-treated animals spent in the center area was 12 ± 2 seconds, which was significantly longer than that of vehicle-treated animals (4 ± 1 seconds; p = 0.008) but not different from that of sham animals (11 ± 3 seconds; p > 0.05).CONCLUSIONSThese data support the clinical use of EE-3-SO4 for early TBI treatment.
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- 3Department of Physiology, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
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- 4Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama; and
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Piccenna L, Shears G, O'Brien TJ. Management of post-traumatic epilepsy: An evidence review over the last 5 years and future directions. Epilepsia Open 2017; 2:123-144. [PMID: 29588942 PMCID: PMC5719843 DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Post‐traumatic epilepsy (PTE) is a relatively underappreciated condition that can develop as a secondary consequence following traumatic brain injury (TBI). The aim of this rapid evidence review is to provide a synthesis of existing evidence on the effectiveness of treatment interventions for the prevention of PTE in people who have suffered a moderate/severe TBI to increase awareness and understanding among consumers. Electronic medical databases (n = 5) and gray literature published between January 2010 and April 2015 were searched for studies on the management of PTE. Twenty‐two eligible studies were identified that met the inclusion criteria. No evidence was found for the effectiveness of any pharmacological treatments in the prevention or treatment of symptomatic seizures in adults with PTE. However, limited high‐level evidence for the effectiveness of the antiepileptic drug levetiracetam was identified for PTE in children. Low‐level evidence was identified for nonpharmacological interventions in significantly reducing seizures in patients with PTE, but only in a minority of cases, requiring further high‐level studies to confirm the results. This review provides an opportunity for researchers and health service professionals to better understand the underlying pathophysiology of PTE to develop novel, more effective therapeutic targets and to improve the quality of life of people with this condition.
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- Loretta Piccenna
- The Epilepsy Foundation Melbourne Victoria Australia.,Department of Medicine The University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria Australia
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- The Epilepsy Foundation Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- James Stewart Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine The Royal Melbourne Hospital The University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria Australia
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Overview of Traumatic Brain Injury: An Immunological Context. Brain Sci 2017; 7:brainsci7010011. [PMID: 28124982 PMCID: PMC5297300 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci7010011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) afflicts people of all ages and genders, and the severity of injury ranges from concussion/mild TBI to severe TBI. Across all spectrums, TBI has wide-ranging, and variable symptomology and outcomes. Treatment options are lacking for the early neuropathology associated with TBIs and for the chronic neuropathological and neurobehavioral deficits. Inflammation and neuroinflammation appear to be major mediators of TBI outcomes. These systems are being intensively studies using animal models and human translational studies, in the hopes of understanding the mechanisms of TBI, and developing therapeutic strategies to improve the outcomes of the millions of people impacted by TBIs each year. This manuscript provides an overview of the epidemiology and outcomes of TBI, and presents data obtained from animal and human studies focusing on an inflammatory and immunological context. Such a context is timely, as recent studies blur the traditional understanding of an “immune-privileged” central nervous system. In presenting the evidence for specific, adaptive immune response after TBI, it is hoped that future studies will be interpreted using a broader perspective that includes the contributions of the peripheral immune system, to central nervous system disorders, notably TBI and post-traumatic syndromes.
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Zhou J, Burns MP, Huynh L, Villapol S, Taub DD, Saavedra JM, Blackman MR. Temporal Changes in Cortical and Hippocampal Expression of Genes Important for Brain Glucose Metabolism Following Controlled Cortical Impact Injury in Mice. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2017; 8:231. [PMID: 28955302 PMCID: PMC5601958 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2017.00231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes transient increases and subsequent decreases in brain glucose utilization. The underlying molecular pathways are orchestrated processes and poorly understood. In the current study, we determined temporal changes in cortical and hippocampal expression of genes important for brain glucose/lactate metabolism and the effect of a known neuroprotective drug telmisartan on the expression of these genes after experimental TBI. Adult male C57BL/6J mice (n = 6/group) underwent sham or unilateral controlled cortical impact (CCI) injury. Their ipsilateral and contralateral cortex and hippocampus were collected 6 h, 1, 3, 7, 14, 21, and 28 days after injury. Expressions of several genes important for brain glucose utilization were determined by qRT-PCR. In results, (1) mRNA levels of three key enzymes in glucose metabolism [hexo kinase (HK) 1, pyruvate kinase, and pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH)] were all increased 6 h after injury in the contralateral cortex, followed by decreases at subsequent times in the ipsilateral cortex and hippocampus; (2) capillary glucose transporter Glut-1 mRNA increased, while neuronal glucose transporter Glut-3 mRNA decreased, at various times in the ipsilateral cortex and hippocampus; (3) astrocyte lactate transporter MCT-1 mRNA increased, whereas neuronal lactate transporter MCT-2 mRNA decreased in the ipsilateral cortex and hippocampus; (4) HK2 (an isoform of hexokinase) expression increased at all time points in the ipsilateral cortex and hippocampus. GPR81 (lactate receptor) mRNA increased at various time points in the ipsilateral cortex and hippocampus. These temporal alterations in gene expression corresponded closely to the patterns of impaired brain glucose utilization reported in both TBI patients and experimental TBI rodents. The observed changes in hippocampal gene expression were delayed and prolonged, when compared with those in the cortex. The patterns of alterations were specific to different brain regions and exhibited different recovery periods following TBI. Oral administration of telmisartan (1 mg/kg, for 7 days, n = 10 per group) ameliorated cortical or hippocampal mRNA for Glut-1/3, MCT-1/2 and PDH in CCI mice. These data provide molecular evidence for dynamic alteration of multiple critical factors in brain glucose metabolism post-TBI and can inform further research for treating brain metabolic disorders post-TBI.
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- June Zhou
- Research Service, Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
- *Correspondence: June Zhou,
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- Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
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- Research Service, Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
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- Translational Medicine Section, Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
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- Research Service, Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
- Department of Medicine George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
- Department of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States
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Sharma P, Dedeurwaerdere S, Vandenberg MAD, Fang K, Johnston LA, Shultz SR, O'Brien TJ, Gilby KL. Neuroanatomical differences in FAST and SLOW rat strains with differential vulnerability to kindling and behavioral comorbidities. Epilepsy Behav 2016; 65:42-48. [PMID: 27866083 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2016] [Revised: 08/21/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The neurobiological factors underlying a predisposition towards developing epilepsy and its common behavioral comorbidities are poorly understood. FAST rats are a strain that has been selectively bred for enhanced vulnerability to kindling, while the SLOW strain has been bred to be resistant to kindling. FAST rats also exhibit behavioral traits reminiscent of those observed in neurodevelopmental disorders (autism spectrum disorder (ASD)/attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)) commonly comorbid with epilepsy. In this study, we aimed to investigate neuroanatomical differences between these strains that may be associated with a differential vulnerability towards these interrelated disorders. METHODS Ex vivo high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging on adult male FAST and SLOW rat brains was performed to identify morphological differences in regions of interest between the two strains. Behavioral examination using open-field, water consumption, and restraint tests was also conducted on a subgroup of these rats to document their differential ASD/ADHD-like behavior phenotype. Using optical stereological methods, the volume of cerebellar granule, white matter, and molecular layer and number of Purkinje cells were compared in a separate cohort of adult FAST and SLOW rats. RESULTS Behavioral testing demonstrated hyperactivity, impulsivity, and polydipsia in FAST versus SLOW rats, consistent with an ASD/ADHD-like phenotype. Magnetic resonance imaging analysis identified brain structural differences in FAST compared with SLOW rats, including increased volume of the cerebrum, corpus callosum, third ventricle, and posterior inferior cerebellum, while decreased volume of the anterior cerebellar vermis. Stereological measurements on histological slices indicated significantly larger white matter layer volume, reduced number of Purkinje cells, and smaller molecular layer volume in the cerebellum in FAST versus SLOW rats. SIGNIFICANCE These findings provide evidence of structural differences between the brains of FAST and SLOW rats that may be mechanistically related to their differential vulnerability to kindling and associated comorbid ASD/ADHD-like behaviors.
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- Pragati Sharma
- Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The Melbourne Brain Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
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- Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The Melbourne Brain Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Translational Neurosciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The Melbourne Brain Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The Melbourne Brain Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The Melbourne Brain Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Singh K, Trivedi R, Haridas S, Manda K, Khushu S. Study of neurometabolic and behavioral alterations in rodent model of mild traumatic brain injury: a pilot study. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2016; 29:1748-1758. [PMID: 27779341 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Revised: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is the most common form of TBI (70-90%) with consequences of anxiety-like behavioral alterations in approximately 23% of mTBI cases. This study aimed to assess whether mTBI-induced anxiety-like behavior is a consequence of neurometabolic alterations. mTBI was induced using a weight drop model to simulate mild human brain injury in rodents. Based on injury induction and dosage of anesthesia, four animal groups were included in this study: (i) injury with anesthesia (IA); (ii) sham1 (injury only, IO); (iii) sham2 (only anesthesia, OA); and (iv) control rats. After mTBI, proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1 H-MRS) and neurobehavioral analysis were performed in these groups. At day 5, reduced taurine (Tau)/total creatine (tCr, creatine and phosphocreatine) levels in cortex were observed in the IA and IO groups relative to the control. These groups showed mTBI-induced anxiety-like behavior with normal cognition at day 5 post-injury. An anxiogenic effect of repeated dosage of anesthesia in OA rats was observed with normal Tau/tCr levels in rat cortex, which requires further examination. In conclusion, this mTBI model closely mimics human concussion injury with anxiety-like behavior and normal cognition. Reduced cortical Tau levels may provide a putative neurometabolic basis of anxiety-like behavior following mTBI.
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- Kavita Singh
- NMR Research Center, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India
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- NMR Research Center, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India
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- Neurobehavior Laboratory, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India
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- Neurobehavior Laboratory, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India
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- NMR Research Center, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India
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Israel I, Ohsiek A, Al-Momani E, Albert-Weissenberger C, Stetter C, Mencl S, Buck AK, Kleinschnitz C, Samnick S, Sirén AL. Combined [(18)F]DPA-714 micro-positron emission tomography and autoradiography imaging of microglia activation after closed head injury in mice. J Neuroinflammation 2016; 13:140. [PMID: 27266706 PMCID: PMC4897946 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-016-0604-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2015] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability. Neuroinflammation contributes to acute damage after TBI and modulates long-term evolution of degenerative and regenerative responses to injury. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship of microglia activation to trauma severity, brain energy metabolism, and cellular reactions to injury in a mouse closed head injury model using combined in vivo PET imaging, ex vivo autoradiography, and immunohistochemistry. Methods A weight-drop closed head injury model was used to produce a mixed diffuse and focal TBI or a purely diffuse mild TBI (mTBI) in C57BL6 mice. Lesion severity was determined by evaluating histological damage and functional outcome using a standardized neuroscore (NSS), gliosis, and axonal injury by immunohistochemistry. Repeated intra-individual in vivo μPET imaging with the specific 18-kDa translocator protein (TSPO) radioligand [18F]DPA-714 was performed on day 1, 7, and 16 and [18F]FDG-μPET imaging for energy metabolism on days 2–5 after trauma using freshly synthesized radiotracers. Immediately after [18F]DPA-714-μPET imaging on days 7 and 16, cellular identity of the [18F]DPA-714 uptake was confirmed by exposing freshly cut cryosections to film autoradiography and successive immunostaining with antibodies against the microglia/macrophage marker IBA-1. Results Functional outcome correlated with focal brain lesions, gliosis, and axonal injury. [18F]DPA-714-μPET showed increased radiotracer uptake in focal brain lesions on days 7 and 16 after TBI and correlated with reduced cerebral [18F]FDG uptake on days 2–5, with functional outcome and number of IBA-1 positive cells on day 7. In autoradiography, [18F]DPA-714 uptake co-localized with areas of IBA1-positive staining and correlated strongly with both NSS and the number of IBA1-positive cells, gliosis, and axonal injury. After mTBI, numbers of IBA-1 positive cells with microglial morphology increased in both brain hemispheres; however, uptake of [18F]DPA-714 was not increased in autoradiography or in μPET imaging. Conclusions [18F]DPA-714 uptake in μPET/autoradiography correlates with trauma severity, brain metabolic deficits, and microglia activation after closed head TBI.
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- Ina Israel
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Experimental Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Experimental Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.,Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Experimental Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.,Department of Neurology, University Hospital Essen, 45147, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080, Würzburg, Germany
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- Experimental Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.
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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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Vállez García D, Otte A, Dierckx RAJO, Doorduin J. Three Month Follow-Up of Rat Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Combined [ 18F]FDG and [ 11C]PK11195 Positron Emission Study. J Neurotrauma 2016; 33:1855-1865. [PMID: 26756169 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2015.4230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is the most common cause of head trauma. The time course of functional pathology is not well defined, however. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the consequences of mTBI in rats over a period of 3 months by determining the presence of neuroinflammation ([11C]PK11195) and changes in brain metabolism ([18F]FDG) with positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided in mTBI (n = 8) and sham (n = 8) groups. In vivo PET imaging and behavioral tests (open field, object recognition, and Y-maze) were performed at different time points after induction of the trauma. Differences between groups in PET images were explored using volume-of-interest and voxel-based analysis. mTBI did not result in death, skull fracture, or suppression of reflexes. Weight gain was reduced (p = 0.003) in the mTBI group compared with the sham-treated group. No statistical differences were found in the behavioral tests at any time point. Volume-of-interest analysis showed neuroinflammation limited to the subacute phase (day 12) involving amygdala, globus pallidus, hypothalamus, pons, septum, striatum, and thalamus (p < 0.03, d > 1.2). Alterations in glucose metabolism were detected over the 3 month period, with increased uptake in the medulla (p < 0.04, d ≥ 1.2), and decreased uptake in the globus pallidus, striatum, and thalamus (p < 0.04, d ≤ 1.2). Similar findings were observed in the voxel-based analysis (p < 0.05 at corrected cluster level). As a consequence of the mTBI, and in the absence of apparent behavioral alterations, relative brain glucose metabolism was found altered in several brain regions, which mostly correspond with those presenting neuroinflammation in the subacute stage.
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- David Vállez García
- 1 Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen , Groningen, The Netherlands
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- 2 Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Offenburg University , Offenburg, Germany
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- 1 Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen , Groningen, The Netherlands
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- 1 Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen , Groningen, The Netherlands
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Selwyn RG, Cooney SJ, Khayrullina G, Hockenbury N, Wilson CM, Jaiswal S, Bermudez S, Armstrong RC, Byrnes KR. Outcome after Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Is Temporally Related to Glucose Uptake Profile at Time of Second Injury. J Neurotrauma 2016; 33:1479-91. [PMID: 26650903 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2015.4129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Repeated mild traumatic brain injury (rmTBI) results in worsened outcomes, compared with a single injury, but the mechanism of this phenomenon is unclear. We have previously shown that mild TBI in a rat lateral fluid percussion model results in globally depressed glucose uptake, with a peak depression at 24 h that resolves by 16 days post-injury. The current study investigated the outcomes of a repeat injury conducted at various times during this period of depressed glucose uptake. Adult male rats were therefore subjected to rmTBI with a latency of 24 h, 5 days, or 15 days between injuries, followed by assessment of motor function, histopathology, and glucose uptake using positron emission tomography (PET). Rats that received a 24 h rmTBI showed significant deficits in motor function tasks, as well as significant increases in lesion volume and neuronal damage. The level of microglial and astrocytic activation also was associated with the timing of the second impact. Finally, rmTBI with latencies of 24 h and 5 days showed significant alterations in [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose uptake, compared with baseline scans. Therefore, we conclude that the state of the metabolic environment, as indicated by FDG-PET at the time of the repeat injury, significantly influences neurological outcomes.
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- Reed G Selwyn
- 1 Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland
- 2 Department of Radiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland
- 3 Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- 1 Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland
- 4 Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland
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- 4 Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland
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- 4 Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland
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- 1 Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland
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- 1 Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland
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- 4 Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland
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- 1 Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland
- 4 Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland
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- 1 Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland
- 4 Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland
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Awwad HO, Gonzalez LP, Tompkins P, Lerner M, Brackett DJ, Awasthi V, Standifer KM. Blast Overpressure Waves Induce Transient Anxiety and Regional Changes in Cerebral Glucose Metabolism and Delayed Hyperarousal in Rats. Front Neurol 2015; 6:132. [PMID: 26136722 PMCID: PMC4470265 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Physiological alterations, anxiety, and cognitive disorders are strongly associated with blast-induced traumatic brain injury (blast TBI), and are common symptoms in service personnel exposed to blasts. Since 2006, 25,000–30,000 new TBI cases are diagnosed annually in U.S. Service members; increasing evidence confirms that primary blast exposure causes diffuse axonal injury and is often accompanied by altered behavioral outcomes. Behavioral and acute metabolic effects resulting from blast to the head in the absence of thoracic contributions from the periphery were examined, following a single blast wave directed to the head of male Sprague-Dawley rats protected by a lead shield over the torso. An 80 psi head blast produced cognitive deficits that were detected in working memory. Blast TBI rats displayed increased anxiety as determined by elevated plus maze at day 9 post-blast compared to sham rats; blast TBI rats spent significantly more time than the sham controls in the closed arms (p < 0.05; n = 8–11). Interestingly, anxiety symptoms were absent at days 22 and 48 post-blast. Instead, blast TBI rats displayed increased rearing behavior at day 48 post-blast compared to sham rats. Blast TBI rats also exhibited suppressed acoustic startle responses, but similar pre-pulse inhibition at day 15 post-blast compared to sham rats. Acute physiological alterations in cerebral glucose metabolism were determined by positron emission tomography 1 and 9 days post-blast using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG). Global glucose uptake in blast TBI rat brains increased at day 1 post-blast (p < 0.05; n = 4–6) and returned to sham levels by day 9. Our results indicate a transient increase in cerebral metabolism following a blast injury. Markers for reactive astrogliosis and neuronal damage were noted by immunoblotting motor cortex tissue from day 10 post-blast in blast TBI rats compared to sham controls (p < 0.05; n = 5–6).
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- Hibah O Awwad
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City, OK , USA ; Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City, OK , USA
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- Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City, OK , USA ; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City, OK , USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City, OK , USA
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City, OK , USA ; Oklahoma City VA Medical Center , Oklahoma City, OK , USA
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City, OK , USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City, OK , USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City, OK , USA ; Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City, OK , USA ; Department of Cell Biology, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City, OK , USA
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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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Kulkarni P, Kenkel W, Finklestein SP, Barchet TM, Ren J, Davenport M, Shenton ME, Kikinis Z, Nedelman M, Ferris CF. Use of Anisotropy, 3D Segmented Atlas, and Computational Analysis to Identify Gray Matter Subcortical Lesions Common to Concussive Injury from Different Sites on the Cortex. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0125748. [PMID: 25955025 PMCID: PMC4425537 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 03/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can occur anywhere along the cortical mantel. While the cortical contusions may be random and disparate in their locations, the clinical outcomes are often similar and difficult to explain. Thus a question that arises is, do concussions at different sites on the cortex affect similar subcortical brain regions? To address this question we used a fluid percussion model to concuss the right caudal or rostral cortices in rats. Five days later, diffusion tensor MRI data were acquired for indices of anisotropy (IA) for use in a novel method of analysis to detect changes in gray matter microarchitecture. IA values from over 20,000 voxels were registered into a 3D segmented, annotated rat atlas covering 150 brain areas. Comparisons between left and right hemispheres revealed a small population of subcortical sites with altered IA values. Rostral and caudal concussions were of striking similarity in the impacted subcortical locations, particularly the central nucleus of the amygdala, laterodorsal thalamus, and hippocampal complex. Subsequent immunohistochemical analysis of these sites showed significant neuroinflammation. This study presents three significant findings that advance our understanding and evaluation of TBI: 1) the introduction of a new method to identify highly localized disturbances in discrete gray matter, subcortical brain nuclei without postmortem histology, 2) the use of this method to demonstrate that separate injuries to the rostral and caudal cortex produce the same subcortical, disturbances, and 3) the central nucleus of the amygdala, critical in the regulation of emotion, is vulnerable to concussion.
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- Praveen Kulkarni
- Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Biotrofix, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Ekam Imaging, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kim H, Cam-Etoz B, Zhai G, Hubbard WJ, Zinn KR, Chaudry IH. Salutary Effects of Estrogen Sulfate for Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma 2015; 32:1210-6. [PMID: 25646701 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Estrogen plays an important role as a neuroprotector in the central nervous system (CNS), directly interacting with neurons and regulating physiological properties of non-neuronal cells. Here we evaluated estrogen sulfate (E2-SO4) for traumatic brain injury (TBI) using a Sprague-Dawley rat model. TBI was induced via lateral fluid percussion (LFP) at 24 h after craniectomy. E2-SO4 (1 mg/kg BW in 1 mL/kg BW) or saline (served as control) was intravenously administered at 1 h after TBI (n=5/group). Intracranial pressure (ICP), cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), and partial brain oxygen pressure (pbtO2) were measured for 2 h (from 23 to 25 h after E2-SO4 injection). Brain edema and diffuse axonal injury (DAI) were assessed by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and cerebral glycolysis was measured by (18)F-labeled fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, at 1 and 7 days after E2-SO4 injection. E2-SO4 significantly decreased ICP, while increasing CPP and pbtO2 (p<0.05) as compared with vehicle-treated TBI rats. The edema size in the brains of the E2-SO4 treated group was also significantly smaller than that of vehicle-treated group at 1 day after E2-SO4 injection (p=0.04), and cerebral glycolysis of injured region was also increased significantly during the same time period (p=0.04). However, E2-SO4 treatment did not affect DAI (p>0.05). These findings demonstrated the potential benefits of E2-SO4 in TBI.
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- Hyunki Kim
- 1 Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- 2 Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- 1 Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- 2 Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- 1 Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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- 2 Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, Alabama
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Shultz SR, Wright DK, Zheng P, Stuchbery R, Liu SJ, Sashindranath M, Medcalf RL, Johnston LA, Hovens CM, Jones NC, O'Brien TJ. Sodium selenate reduces hyperphosphorylated tau and improves outcomes after traumatic brain injury. Brain 2015; 138:1297-313. [PMID: 25771151 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awv053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 01/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury is a common and serious neurodegenerative condition that lacks a pharmaceutical intervention to improve long-term outcome. Hyperphosphorylated tau is implicated in some of the consequences of traumatic brain injury and is a potential pharmacological target. Protein phosphatase 2A is a heterotrimeric protein that regulates key signalling pathways, and protein phosphatase 2A heterotrimers consisting of the PR55 B-subunit represent the major tau phosphatase in the brain. Here we investigated whether traumatic brain injury in rats and humans would induce changes in protein phosphatase 2A and phosphorylated tau, and whether treatment with sodium selenate-a potent PR55 activator-would reduce phosphorylated tau and improve traumatic brain injury outcomes in rats. Ninety young adult male Long-Evans rats were administered either a fluid percussion injury or sham-injury. A proportion of rats were killed at 2, 24, and 72 h post-injury to assess acute changes in protein phosphatase 2A and tau. Other rats were given either sodium selenate or saline-vehicle treatment that was continuously administered via subcutaneous osmotic pump for 12 weeks. Serial magnetic resonance imaging was acquired prior to, and at 1, 4, and 12 weeks post-injury to assess evolving structural brain damage and axonal injury. Behavioural impairments were assessed at 12 weeks post-injury. The results showed that traumatic brain injury in rats acutely reduced PR55 expression and protein phosphatase 2A activity, and increased the expression of phosphorylated tau and the ratio of phosphorylated tau to total tau. Similar findings were seen in post-mortem brain samples from acute human traumatic brain injury patients, although many did not reach statistical significance. Continuous sodium selenate treatment for 12 weeks after sham or fluid percussion injury in rats increased protein phosphatase 2A activity and PR55 expression, and reduced the ratio of phosphorylated tau to total tau, attenuated brain damage, and improved behavioural outcomes in rats given a fluid percussion injury. Notably, total tau levels were decreased in rats 12 weeks after fluid percussion injury, and several other factors, including the use of anaesthetic, the length of recovery time, and that some brain injury and behavioural dysfunction still occurred in rats treated with sodium selenate must be considered in the interpretation of this study. However, taken together these data suggest protein phosphatase 2A and hyperphosphorylated tau may be involved in the neurodegenerative cascade of traumatic brain injury, and support the potential use of sodium selenate as a novel traumatic brain injury therapy.
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- Sandy R Shultz
- 1 Melbourne Brain Centre, Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia
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- 2 Anatomy and Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- 1 Melbourne Brain Centre, Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia
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- 3 Department of Surgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia
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- 1 Melbourne Brain Centre, Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia
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- 4 Australian Centre for Blood Disease, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia
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- 4 Australian Centre for Blood Disease, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia
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- 5 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- 3 Department of Surgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia
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- 1 Melbourne Brain Centre, Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia
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- 1 Melbourne Brain Centre, Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3050, Australia
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Henderson TA, Morries LD. Near-infrared photonic energy penetration: can infrared phototherapy effectively reach the human brain? Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2015; 11:2191-208. [PMID: 26346298 PMCID: PMC4552256 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s78182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a growing health concern effecting civilians and military personnel. Research has yielded a better understanding of the pathophysiology of TBI, but effective treatments have not been forthcoming. Near-infrared light (NIR) has shown promise in animal models of both TBI and stroke. Yet, it remains unclear if sufficient photonic energy can be delivered to the human brain to yield a beneficial effect. This paper reviews the pathophysiology of TBI and elaborates the physiological effects of NIR in the context of this pathophysiology. Pertinent aspects of the physical properties of NIR, particularly in regards to its interactions with tissue, provide the background for understanding this critical issue of light penetration through tissue. Our recent tissue studies demonstrate no penetration of low level NIR energy through 2 mm of skin or 3 cm of skull and brain. However, at 10-15 W, 0.45%-2.90% of 810 nm light penetrated 3 cm of tissue. A 15 W 810 nm device (continuous or non-pulsed) NIR delivered 2.9% of the surface power density. Pulsing at 10 Hz reduced the dose of light delivered to the surface by 50%, but 2.4% of the surface energy reached the depth of 3 cm. Approximately 1.22% of the energy of 980 nm light at 10-15 W penetrated to 3 cm. These data are reviewed in the context of the literature on low-power NIR penetration, wherein less than half of 1% of the surface energy could reach a depth of 1 cm. NIR in the power range of 10-15 W at 810 and 980 nm can provide fluence within the range shown to be biologically beneficial at 3 cm depth. A companion paper reviews the clinical data on the treatment of patients with chronic TBI in the context of the current literature.
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- Theodore A Henderson
- The Synaptic Space, Centennial, CO, USA ; Neuro-Laser Foundation, Lakewood, CO, USA
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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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Hillary FG, Rajtmajer SM, Roman CA, Medaglia JD, Slocomb-Dluzen JE, Calhoun VD, Good DC, Wylie GR. The rich get richer: brain injury elicits hyperconnectivity in core subnetworks. PLoS One 2014; 9:e104021. [PMID: 25121760 PMCID: PMC4133194 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2013] [Accepted: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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There remains much unknown about how large-scale neural networks accommodate neurological disruption, such as moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). A primary goal in this study was to examine the alterations in network topology occurring during the first year of recovery following TBI. To do so we examined 21 individuals with moderate and severe TBI at 3 and 6 months after resolution of posttraumatic amnesia and 15 age- and education-matched healthy adults using functional MRI and graph theoretical analyses. There were two central hypotheses in this study: 1) physical disruption results in increased functional connectivity, or hyperconnectivity, and 2) hyperconnectivity occurs in regions typically observed to be the most highly connected cortical hubs, or the "rich club". The current findings generally support the hyperconnectivity hypothesis showing that during the first year of recovery after TBI, neural networks show increased connectivity, and this change is disproportionately represented in brain regions belonging to the brain's core subnetworks. The selective increases in connectivity observed here are consistent with the preferential attachment model underlying scale-free network development. This study is the largest of its kind and provides the unique opportunity to examine how neural systems adapt to significant neurological disruption during the first year after injury.
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- Frank G. Hillary
- The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Psychology, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Mathematics, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Psychology, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Psychology, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Hershey Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- The Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Hershey Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Kessler Foundation Research Center, West Orange, New Jersey, United States of America
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Post-traumatic epilepsy accounts for 10-20% of symptomatic epilepsy in the general population and 5% of all epilepsy. During the last decade, an increasing number of laboratories have investigated the molecular and cellular mechanisms of post-traumatic epileptogenesis in experimental models. However, identification of critical molecular, cellular, and network mechanisms that would be specific for post-traumatic epileptogenesis remains a challenge. Despite of that, 7 of 9 proof-of-concept antiepileptogenesis studies have demonstrated some effect on seizure susceptibility after experimental traumatic brain injury, even though none of them has progressed to clinic. Moreover, there has been some promise that new clinically translatable imaging approaches can identify biomarkers for post-traumatic epileptogenesis. Even though the progress in combating post-traumatic epileptogenesis happens in small steps, recent discoveries kindle hope for identification of treatment strategies to prevent post-traumatic epilepsy in at-risk patients.
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- Asla Pitkänen
- Epilepsy Research Laboratory, A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, FIN-70211, Kuopio, Finland,
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Turner RC, VanGilder RL, Naser ZJ, Lucke-Wold BP, Bailes JE, Matsumoto RR, Huber JD, Rosen CL. Elucidating the severity of preclinical traumatic brain injury models: a role for functional assessment? Neurosurgery 2014; 74:382-94; discussion 394. [PMID: 24448183 PMCID: PMC4890645 DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000000292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Concussion remains a symptom-based diagnosis clinically, yet preclinical studies investigating traumatic brain injury, of which concussion is believed to represent a "mild" form, emphasize histological end points with functional assessments often minimized or ignored all together. Recently, clinical studies have identified the importance of cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms, in addition to somatic concerns, following concussion. How these findings may translate to preclinical studies is unclear at present. OBJECTIVE To address the contrasting end points used clinically compared with those in preclinical studies and the potential role of functional assessments in a commonly used model of diffuse axonal injury (DAI). METHODS Animals were subjected to DAI by the use of the impact-acceleration model. Functional and behavioral assessments were conducted during 1 week following DAI before the completion of the histological assessment at 1 week post-DAI. RESULTS We show, despite the suggestion that this model represents concussive injury, no functional impairments as determined by using the common measures of motor, sensorimotor, cognitive, and neuropsychiatric function following injury over the course of 1 week. The lack of functional deficits is in sharp contrast to neuropathological findings indicating neural degeneration, astrocyte reactivity, and microglial activation. CONCLUSION Future studies are needed to identify functional assessments, neurophysiologic techniques, and imaging assessments more apt to distinguish differences following so-called "mild" traumatic brain injury in preclinical models and determine whether these models are truly studying concussive or subconcussive injury. These studies are needed not only to understand the mechanism of injury and production of subsequent deficits, but also to rigorously evaluate potential therapeutic agents.
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- Ryan C. Turner
- Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
- The Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- The Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
- Department of Nursing, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
- The Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
- The Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, Illinois
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- The Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
- Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- The Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
- Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
- The Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
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Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic neurological conditions worldwide. Anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) can suppress seizures, but do not affect the underlying epileptic state, and many epilepsy patients are unable to attain seizure control with AEDs. To cure or prevent epilepsy, disease-modifying interventions that inhibit or reverse the disease process of epileptogenesis must be developed. A major limitation in the development and implementation of such an intervention is the current poor understanding, and the lack of reliable biomarkers, of the epileptogenic process. Neuroimaging represents a non-invasive medical and research tool with the ability to identify early pathophysiological changes involved in epileptogenesis, monitor disease progression, and assess the effectiveness of possible therapies. Here we will provide an overview of studies conducted in animal models and in patients with epilepsy that have utilized various neuroimaging modalities to investigate epileptogenesis.
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- Sandy R Shultz
- Department of Medicine, The Melbourne Brain Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Building 144, Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia,
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Brezova V, Moen KG, Skandsen T, Vik A, Brewer JB, Salvesen O, Håberg AK. Prospective longitudinal MRI study of brain volumes and diffusion changes during the first year after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2014; 5:128-40. [PMID: 25068105 PMCID: PMC4110353 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Revised: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 03/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The objectives of this prospective study in 62 moderate–severe TBI patients were to investigate volume change in cortical gray matter (GM), hippocampus, lenticular nucleus, lobar white matter (WM), brainstem and ventricles using a within subject design and repeated MRI in the early phase (1–26 days) and 3 and 12 months postinjury and to assess changes in GM apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in normal appearing tissue in the cortex, hippocampus and brainstem. The impact of Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score at admission, duration of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA), and diffusion axonal injury (DAI) grade on brain volumes and ADC values over time was assessed. Lastly, we determined if MRI-derived brain volumes from the 3-month scans provided additional, significant predictive value to 12-month outcome classified with the Glasgow Outcome Scale—Extended after adjusting for GCS, PTA and age. Cortical GM loss was rapid, largely finished by 3 months, but the volume reduction was unrelated to GCS score, PTA, or presence of DAI. However, cortical GM volume at 3 months was a significant independent predictor of 12-month outcome. Volume loss in the hippocampus and lenticular nucleus was protracted and statistically significant first at 12 months. Slopes of volume reduction over time for the cortical and subcortical GGM were significantly different. Hippocampal volume loss was most pronounced and rapid in individuals with PTA > 2 weeks. The 3-month volumes of the hippocampus and lentiform nucleus were the best independent predictors of 12-month outcome after adjusting for GCS, PTA and age. In the brainstem, volume loss was significant at both 3 and 12 months. Brainstem volume reduction was associated with lower GCS score and the presence of DAI. Lobar WM volume was significantly decreased first after 12 months. Surprisingly DAI grade had no impact on lobar WM volume. Ventricular dilation developed predominantly during the first 3 months, and was strongly associated with volume changes in the brainstem and cortical GM, but not lobar WM volume. Higher ADC values were detected in the cortex in individuals with severe TBI, DAI and PTA > 2 weeks, from 3 months. There were no associations between ADC values and brain volumes, and ADC values did not predict outcome. Longitudinal study of brain volume changes following TBI 3 month MRI derived volumes are independent predictors of outcome at 12 months. PTA, GCS and DAI have different impacts on different brain volumes. Subcortical and cortical GM volume losses follow significantly different trajectories. Significant changes in cortical ADC values develop slowly while volume changes are rapid.
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- Veronika Brezova
- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway ; Department of Medical Imaging, St. Olav's Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway ; Department of Neurosurgery, St. Olav's Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St. Olav's Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway ; Department of Neurosurgery, St. Olav's Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA ; Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
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- Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Medical Imaging, St. Olav's Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway ; Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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Shultz SR, Tan XL, Wright DK, Liu SJ, Semple BD, Johnston L, Jones NC, Cook AD, Hamilton JA, O'Brien TJ. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor is neuroprotective in experimental traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma 2014; 31:976-83. [PMID: 24392832 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.3106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an international health concern with a complex pathogenesis resulting in major long-term neurological, neurocognitive, and neuropsychiatric outcomes. Although neuroinflammation has been identified as an important pathophysiological process resulting from TBI, the function of specific inflammatory mediators in the aftermath of TBI remains poorly understood. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is an inflammatory cytokine that has been reported to have neuroprotective effects in various animal models of neurodegenerative disease that share pathological similarities with TBI. The importance of GM-CSF in TBI has yet to be studied, however. We examined the role of GM-CSF in TBI by comparing the effects of a lateral fluid percussion (LFP) injury or sham injury in GM-CSF gene deficient (GM-CSF(-/-)) versus wild-type (WT) mice. After a 3-month recovery interval, mice were assessed using neuroimaging and behavioral outcomes. All mice given a LFP injury displayed significant brain atrophy and behavioral impairments compared with those given sham-injuries; however, this was significantly worse in the GM-CSF(-/-) mice compared with the WT mice. GM-CSF(-/-) mice given LFP injury also had reduced astrogliosis compared with their WT counterparts. These novel findings indicate that the inflammatory mediator, GM-CSF, may have significant protective properties in the chronic sequelae of experimental TBI and suggest that further research investigating GM-CSF and its potential benefits in the injured brain is warranted.
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- Sandy R Shultz
- 1 Department of Medicine (The Royal Melbourne Hospital), Melbourne Brain Centre, The University of Melbourne , Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Alf MF, Duarte JMN, Lei H, Krämer SD, Mlynarik V, Schibli R, Gruetter R. MRS glucose mapping and PET joining forces: re-evaluation of the lumped constant in the rat brain under isoflurane anaesthesia. J Neurochem 2014; 129:672-82. [PMID: 24471521 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2013] [Revised: 01/22/2014] [Accepted: 01/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Although numerous positron emission tomography (PET) studies with (18) F-fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG) have reported quantitative results on cerebral glucose kinetics and consumption, there is a large variation between the absolute values found in the literature. One of the underlying causes is the inconsistent use of the lumped constants (LCs), the derivation of which is often based on multiple assumptions that render absolute numbers imprecise and errors hard to quantify. We combined a kinetic FDG-PET study with magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) of glucose dynamics in Sprague-Dawley rats to obtain a more comprehensive view of brain glucose kinetics and determine a reliable value for the LC under isoflurane anaesthesia. Maps of Tmax /CMRglc derived from MRSI data and Tmax determined from PET kinetic modelling allowed to obtain an LC-independent CMRglc . The LC was estimated to range from 0.33 ± 0.07 in retrosplenial cortex to 0.44 ± 0.05 in hippocampus, yielding CMRglc between 62 ± 14 and 54 ± 11 μmol/min/100 g, respectively. These newly determined LCs for four distinct areas in the rat brain under isoflurane anaesthesia provide means of comparing the growing amount of FDG-PET data available from translational studies.
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- Malte F Alf
- Laboratory of Functional and Metabolic Imaging, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences of ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Byrnes KR, Wilson CM, Brabazon F, von Leden R, Jurgens JS, Oakes TR, Selwyn RG. FDG-PET imaging in mild traumatic brain injury: a critical review. FRONTIERS IN NEUROENERGETICS 2014; 5:13. [PMID: 24409143 PMCID: PMC3885820 DOI: 10.3389/fnene.2013.00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects an estimated 1.7 million people in the United States and is a contributing factor to one third of all injury related deaths annually. According to the CDC, approximately 75% of all reported TBIs are concussions or considered mild in form, although the number of unreported mild TBIs (mTBI) and patients not seeking medical attention is unknown. Currently, classification of mTBI or concussion is a clinical assessment since diagnostic imaging is typically inconclusive due to subtle, obscure, or absent changes in anatomical or physiological parameters measured using standard magnetic resonance (MR) or computed tomography (CT) imaging protocols. Molecular imaging techniques that examine functional processes within the brain, such as measurement of glucose uptake and metabolism using [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose and positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), have the ability to detect changes after mTBI. Recent technological improvements in the resolution of PET systems, the integration of PET with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and the availability of normal healthy human databases and commercial image analysis software contribute to the growing use of molecular imaging in basic science research and advances in clinical imaging. This review will discuss the technological considerations and limitations of FDG-PET, including differentiation between glucose uptake and glucose metabolism and the significance of these measurements. In addition, the current state of FDG-PET imaging in assessing mTBI in clinical and preclinical research will be considered. Finally, this review will provide insight into potential critical data elements and recommended standardization to improve the application of FDG-PET to mTBI research and clinical practice.
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- Kimberly R Byrnes
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University Bethesda, MD, USA ; Neuroscience Program, Department of Neuroscience, Uniformed Services University Bethesda, MD, USA ; Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine Bethesda, MD, USA ; Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, Department of Neuroscience, Uniformed Services University Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, Department of Neuroscience, Uniformed Services University Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Nuclear Medicine Service, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, MD, USA ; Department of Neurology, Uniformed Services University Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine Bethesda, MD, USA ; Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University Bethesda, MD, USA
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Selwyn R, Hockenbury N, Jaiswal S, Mathur S, Armstrong RC, Byrnes KR. Mild traumatic brain injury results in depressed cerebral glucose uptake: An (18)FDG PET study. J Neurotrauma 2013; 30:1943-53. [PMID: 23829400 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.2928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in humans and rats induces measurable metabolic changes, including a sustained depression in cerebral glucose uptake. However, the effect of a mild TBI on brain glucose uptake is unclear, particularly in rodent models. This study aimed to determine the glucose uptake pattern in the brain after a mild lateral fluid percussion (LFP) TBI. Briefly, adult male rats were subjected to a mild LFP and positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)FDG), which was performed prior to injury and at 3 and 24 h and 5, 9, and 16 days post-injury. Locomotor function was assessed prior to injury and at 1, 3, 7, 14, and 21 days after injury using modified beam walk tasks to confirm injury severity. Histology was performed at either 10 or 21 days post-injury. Analysis of function revealed a transient impairment in locomotor ability, which corresponds to a mild TBI. Using reference region normalization, PET imaging revealed that mild LFP-induced TBI depresses glucose uptake in both the ipsilateral and contralateral hemispheres in comparison with sham-injured and naïve controls from 3 h to 5 days post-injury. Further, areas of depressed glucose uptake were associated with regions of glial activation and axonal damage, but no measurable change in neuronal loss or gross tissue damage was observed. In conclusion, we show that mild TBI, which is characterized by transient impairments in function, axonal damage, and glial activation, results in an observable depression in overall brain glucose uptake using (18)FDG-PET.
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- Reed Selwyn
- 1 Department of Radiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences , Bethesda, Maryland
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Lee DJ, Gurkoff GG, Izadi A, Berman RF, Ekstrom AD, Muizelaar JP, Lyeth BG, Shahlaie K. Medial septal nucleus theta frequency deep brain stimulation improves spatial working memory after traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma 2013; 30:131-9. [PMID: 23016534 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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More than 5,000,000 survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI) live with persistent cognitive deficits, some of which likely derive from hippocampal dysfunction. Oscillatory activity in the hippocampus is critical for normal learning and memory functions, and can be modulated using deep brain stimulation techniques. In this pre-clinical study, we demonstrate that lateral fluid percussion TBI results in the attenuation of hippocampal theta oscillations in the first 6 days after injury, which correlate with deficits in the Barnes maze spatial working memory task. Theta band stimulation of the medial septal nucleus (MSN) results in a transient increase in hippocampal theta activity, and when delivered 1 min prior to training in the Barnes maze, it significantly improves spatial working memory. These results suggest that MSN theta stimulation may be an effective neuromodulatory technique for treatment of persistent learning and memory deficits after TBI.
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- Darrin J Lee
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California-Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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Shultz SR, Cardamone L, Liu YR, Hogan RE, Maccotta L, Wright DK, Zheng P, Koe A, Gregoire MC, Williams JP, Hicks RJ, Jones NC, Myers DE, O'Brien TJ, Bouilleret V. Can structural or functional changes following traumatic brain injury in the rat predict epileptic outcome? Epilepsia 2013; 54:1240-50. [PMID: 23718645 DOI: 10.1111/epi.12223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE Posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) occurs in a proportion of traumatic brain injury (TBI) cases, significantly compounding the disability, and risk of injury and death for sufferers. To date, predictive biomarkers for PTE have not been identified. This study used the lateral fluid percussion injury (LFPI) rat model of TBI to investigate whether structural, functional, and behavioral changes post-TBI relate to the later development of PTE. METHODS Adult male Wistar rats underwent LFPI or sham injury. Serial magnetic resonance (MR) and positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, and behavioral analyses were performed over 6 months postinjury. Rats were then implanted with recording electrodes and monitored for two consecutive weeks using video-electroencephalography (EEG) to assess for PTE. Of the LFPI rats, 52% (n = 12) displayed spontaneous recurring seizures and/or epileptic discharges on the video-EEG recordings. KEY FINDINGS MRI volumetric and signal analysis of changes in cortex, hippocampus, thalamus, and amygdala, (18) F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET analysis of metabolic function, and behavioral analysis of cognitive and emotional changes, at 1 week, and 1, 3, and 6 months post-LFPI, all failed to identify significant differences on univariate analysis between the epileptic and nonepileptic groups. However, hippocampal surface shape analysis using large-deformation high-dimensional mapping identified significant changes in the ipsilateral hippocampus at 1 week postinjury relative to baseline that differed between rats that would go onto become epileptic versus those who did not. Furthermore, a multivariate logistic regression model that incorporated the 1 week, and 1 and 3 month (18) F-FDG PET parameters from the ipsilateral hippocampus was able to correctly predict the epileptic outcome in all of the LFPI cases. As such, these subtle changes in the ipsilateral hippocampus at acute phases after LFPI may be related to PTE and require further examination. SIGNIFICANCE These findings suggest that PTE may be independent of major structural, functional, and behavioral changes induced by TBI, and suggest that more subtle abnormalities are likely involved. However, there are limitations associated with studying acquired epilepsies in animal models that must be considered when interpreting these results, in particular the failure to detect differences between the groups may be related to the limitations of properly identifying/separating the epileptic and nonepileptic animals into the correct group.
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- Sandy R Shultz
- Department of Medicine, RMH, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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Niskanen JP, Airaksinen AM, Sierra A, Huttunen JK, Nissinen J, Karjalainen PA, Pitkänen A, Gröhn OH. Monitoring functional impairment and recovery after traumatic brain injury in rats by FMRI. J Neurotrauma 2013; 30:546-56. [PMID: 23259713 PMCID: PMC3636591 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The present study was designed to test a hypothesis that functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) can be used to monitor functional impairment and recovery after moderate experimental traumatic brain injury (TBI). Moderate TBI was induced by lateral fluid percussion injury in adult rats. The severity of brain damage and functional recovery in the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) was monitored for up to 56 days using fMRI, cerebral blood flow (CBF) by arterial spin labeling, local field potential measurements (LFP), behavioral assessment, and histology. All the rats had reduced blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) responses during the 1st week after trauma in the ipsilateral S1. Forty percent of these animals showed recovery of the BOLD response during the 56 day follow-up. Unexpectedly, no association was found between the recovery in BOLD response and the volume of the cortical lesion or thalamic neurodegeneration. Instead, the functional recovery occurred in rats with preserved myelinated fibers in layer VI of S1. This is, to our knowledge, the first study demonstrating that fMRI can be used to monitor post-TBI functional impairment and consequent spontaneous recovery. Moreover, the BOLD response was associated with the density of myelinated fibers in the S1, rather than with neurodegeneration. The present findings encourage exploration of the usefulness of fMRI as a noninvasive prognostic biomarker for human post-TBI outcomes and therapy responses.
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Affiliation(s)
- Juha-Pekka Niskanen
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurobiology, Epilepsy Research Laboratory, A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurobiology, Epilepsy Research Laboratory, A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity both in civilian life and on the battlefield worldwide. Survivors of TBI frequently experience long-term disabling changes in cognition, sensorimotor function and personality. Over the past three decades, animal models have been developed to replicate the various aspects of human TBI, to better understand the underlying pathophysiology and to explore potential treatments. Nevertheless, promising neuroprotective drugs that were identified as being effective in animal TBI models have all failed in Phase II or Phase III clinical trials. This failure in clinical translation of preclinical studies highlights a compelling need to revisit the current status of animal models of TBI and therapeutic strategies.
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- Ye Xiong
- Department of Neurosurgery, E&R Building, Room 3096, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
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