ArticleActa neuropathologica communications2014
Selective vulnerability of the cerebral vasculature to blast injury in a rat model of mild traumatic brain injury.
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- Twenty Years of Blast-Induced Neurotrauma: Current State of Knowledge.Neurotrauma reports · 2024Article
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction After Repeated Mild Blast Traumatic Brain Injury Is Attenuated by a Mild Mitochondrial Uncoupling Prodrug.Journal of neurotrauma · 2023Article
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- Progressive Transcriptional Changes in the Amygdala Implicate Neuroinflammation in the Effects of Repetitive Low-Level Blast Exposure in Male Rats.Journal of neurotrauma · 2023Article
- (2R,6R)-Hydroxynorketamine Treatment of Rats Exposed to Repetitive Low-Level Blast Injury.Neurotrauma reports · 2023Article
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- Resilience of females to acute blood-brain barrier damage and anxiety behavior following mild blast traumatic brain injury.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundBlast-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common cause of injury in the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. How the primary blast wave affects the brain is not well understood. The aim of the present study was to examine whether blast exposure affects the cerebral vasculature in a rodent model. We analyzed the brains of rats exposed to single or multiple (three) 74.5 kPa blast exposures, conditions that mimic a mild TBI. Rats were sacrificed 24 hours or between 6 and 10 months after exposure. Blast-induced cerebral vascular pathology was examined by a combination of light microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and electron microscopy.
resultsWe describe a selective vascular pathology that is present acutely at 24 hours after injury. The vascular pathology is found at the margins of focal shear-related injuries that, as we previously showed, typically follow the patterns of penetrating cortical vessels. However, changes in the microvasculature extend beyond the margins of such lesions. Electron microscopy revealed that microvascular pathology is found in regions of the brain with an otherwise normal neuropil. This initial injury leads to chronic changes in the microvasculature that are still evident many months after the initial blast exposure.
conclusionsThese studies suggest that vascular pathology may be a central mechanism in the induction of chronic blast-related injury.
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