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ArticleNeuroscience2007

Neurotrophin-mediated neuroprotection of hippocampal neurons following traumatic brain injury is not associated with acute recovery of hippocampal function.

N C Royo, D LeBold, S N Magge, I Chen, A Hauspurg, A S Cohen, D J Watson

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Article in Neuroscience, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Potential Neuroprotective Role of Neurotrophin in Traumatic Brain Injury.CNS & neurological disorders drug targets · 2024
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  6. Circulating proteasome activity following mild head injury in children.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2014
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  15. Analysis of neurotrophins in human serum by immunoaffinity capillary electrophoresis (ICE) following traumatic head injury.Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences · 2010
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

N C RoyoDepartment of Neurosurgery, 371A Stemmler Hall/6071, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. nicolas_royo@hotmail.com
D LeBold
S N Magge
I Chen
A Hauspurg
A S Cohen
D J Watson
University of Pennsylvania · USChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · US

Funding

NEUROPROTECTIVE GROWTH FACTORS IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURYR01NS040978 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI WATSON, DEBORAH J · 2001 to 2011
$3.3M
Injury-induced Alterations in Limbic Functional CircuityR01HD059288 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI COHEN, AKIVA S · 2008 to 2012
$1.6M
Injury-induced Alterations in Limbic Functional CircuityR01NS045975 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI COHEN, AKIVA S · 2003 to 2007
$1.6M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD059288NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS040978NINDS NIH HHS R01-NS040978NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS045975NINDS NIH HHS R01-NS45975
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes selective hippocampal cell death which is believed to be associated with the cognitive impairment observed in both clinical and experimental settings. The endogenous neurotrophin-4/5 (NT-4/5), a TrkB ligand, has been shown to be neuroprotective for vulnerable CA3 pyramidal neurons after experimental brain injury. In this study, infusion of recombinant NT-4/5 increased survival of CA2/3 pyramidal neurons to 71% after lateral fluid percussion brain injury in rats, compared with 55% in vehicle-treated controls. The functional outcome of this NT-4/5-mediated neuroprotection was examined using three hippocampal-dependent behavioral tests. Injury-induced impairment was evident in all three tests, but interestingly, there was no treatment-related improvement in any of these measures. Similarly, injury-induced decreased excitability in the Schaffer collaterals was not affected by NT-4/5 treatment. We propose that a deeper understanding of the factors that link neuronal survival to recovery of function will be important for future studies of potentially therapeutic agents.

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AnimalsAssociation LearningBehavior, AnimalBrain InjuriesCell CountDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, RadiationElectric StimulationEvoked PotentialsHippocampusIn Vitro TechniquesMaleMotor ActivityNerve Growth FactorsNeuronsNeuroprotective AgentsNerve Growth FactorsNeuroprotective Agentsneurotrophin 4neurotrophin 5

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PMID17681695
PMCPMC2579330
OpenAlexW1992760441

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