Differential responses to increasing numbers of mild traumatic brain injury in a rodent closed-head injury model
Differential responses to increasing numbers of mild traumatic brain injury in a rodent closed-head injury model
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DOI:
10.1111/jnc.14673
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发表时间:
2019-06-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Fitzgerald, Melinda
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作者:
Fehily, Brooke;Bartlett, Carole A.;Fitzgerald, Melinda
Following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), further mild impacts can exacerbate negative outcomes. To compare chronic damage and deficits following increasing numbers of repeated mTBIs, a closed-head weight-drop model of repeated mTBI was used to deliver 1, 2 or 3 mTBIs to adult female rats at 24 h intervals. Outcomes were assessed at 3 months following the first mTBI. No gross motor, sensory or reflex deficits were identified (p > 0.05), consistent with current literature. Cognitive function assessed using a Morris water maze revealed chronic memory deficits following 1 and 2, but not 3 mTBI compared to shams (p