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ArticleJournal of neurotrauma2018

Repeated Mild Head Injury Leads to Wide-Ranging Deficits in Higher-Order Cognitive Functions Associated with the Prefrontal Cortex.

Amber Nolan, Edel Hennessy, Karen Krukowski, Caroline Guglielmetti, Myriam M Chaumeil, Vikaas S Sohal, Susanna Rosi

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Article in Journal of neurotrauma, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amber Nolan1 Brain and Spinal Injury Center, University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Edel Hennessy1 Brain and Spinal Injury Center, University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Karen Krukowski1 Brain and Spinal Injury Center, University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Caroline Guglielmetti2 Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Myriam M Chaumeil2 Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Vikaas S Sohal5 Department of Psychiatry, University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Susanna Rosi1 Brain and Spinal Injury Center, University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Aging exacerbates trauma-induced immune pathways and neuronal dysfunctionR01AG056770 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ROSI, SUSANNA · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
Advanced Neuroimaging: Ethical, Legal, and Social IssuesR01NS045831 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI ILLES, JUDY · 2003 to 2005
$1.2M
In vivo metabolic imaging of neuroinflammation after TBIR21NS096718 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHAUMEIL, MYRIAM MARIANNE, ROSI, SUSANNA · 2016 to 2017
$436k
Contribution of infiltrating macrophages on synaptic function after TBIR21NS087458 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ROSI, SUSANNA · 2014 to 2015
$435k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG056770NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS045831NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS087458NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS096718
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has long been identified as a precipitating risk factor for higher-order cognitive deficits associated with the frontal and prefrontal cortices (PFC). In addition, mild repetitive TBI (rTBI), in particular, is being steadily recognized to increase the risk of neurodegenerative disease. Thus, further understanding of how mild rTBI changes the pathophysiology of the brain to lead to cognitive impairment is warranted. The current models of rTBI lack knowledge regarding chronic higher-order cognitive functions and the underlying neuronal physiology, especially functions involving the PFC. Here, we establish that five repeated mild hits, allowing rotational acceleration of the head, lead to chronic deficits in PFC-dependent functions such as social behavior, spatial working memory, and environmental response with concomitant microgliosis and a small decrease in the adaptation rate of layer V pyramidal neurons in the medial PFC (mPFC). However, structural damage is not seen on in vivo T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and extensive intrinsic excitability changes in layer V pyramidal neurons of the mPFC are not observed. Thus, this rTBI animal model can recapitulate chronic higher-order cognitive impairments without structural damage on MR imaging as observed in humans.

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AnimalsBrain ConcussionCognitive DysfunctionMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPrefrontal Cortexdisinhibitionprefrontal cortexrepetitive mild traumatic brain injurysocial memoryworking memory

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PMID29732949
PMCPMC6196749
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