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ArticleScientific reports2020

A method for assessing tissue respiration in anatomically defined brain regions.

Erica Underwood, John B Redell, Jing Zhao, Anthony N Moore, Pramod K Dash

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Erica UnderwoodDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
John B RedellDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Jing ZhaoDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Anthony N MooreDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Pramod K DashDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. p.dash@uth.tmc.edu.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

Funding

ROLE OF THE GUT IN POST INJURY MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURET32GM008792 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Charles S Cox · 2001 to 2026
$5.2M
Alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and TBI outcomeR01NS088298 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI DASH, PRAMOD K · 2015 to 2019
$2.5M
The role of mitochondrial fission in TBI outcomeR01NS101686 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI DASH, PRAMOD K, WAXHAM, M. NEAL · 2017 to 2021
$2.1M
Role of Glut4 in TBI PathophysiologyR01NS086301 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI DASH, PRAMOD K · 2015 to 2019
$1.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008792NIH HHS 5T32GM008792NIH HHS NS101686-01NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS086301NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS088298NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS101686
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The survival and function of brain cells requires uninterrupted ATP synthesis. Different brain structures subserve distinct neurological functions, and therefore have different energy production/consumption requirements. Typically, mitochondrial function is assessed following their isolation from relatively large amounts of starting tissue, making it difficult to ascertain energy production/failure in small anatomical locations. In order to overcome this limitation, we have developed and optimized a method to measure mitochondrial function in brain tissue biopsy punches excised from anatomically defined brain structures, including white matter tracts. We describe the procedures for maintaining tissue viability prior to performing the biopsy punches, as well as provide guidance for optimizing punch size and the drug doses needed to assess various aspects of mitochondrial respiration. We demonstrate that our method can be used to measure mitochondrial respiration in anatomically defined subfields within the rat hippocampus. Using this method, we present experimental results which show that a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI, often referred to as concussion) causes differential mitochondrial responses within these hippocampal subfields and the corpus callosum, novel findings that would have been difficult to obtain using traditional mitochondrial isolation methods. Our method is easy to implement and will be of interest to researchers working in the field of brain bioenergetics and brain diseases.

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AnimalsBrainBrain InjuriesCell RespirationCytological TechniquesHippocampusMaleMitochondriaRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyWhite Matter

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