Altered NO function contributes to impairment of uPA and tPA cerebrovasodilation after brain injury.

abstract：:Penetrating brain injury (PBI) is the most devastating type of traumatic brain injury. Development of coagulopathy in the acute setting of PBI, though common, remains of unclear significance as does its reversal. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between coagulopathy and clinical presentation, r...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Mansour A,Loggini A,Goldenberg FD,Kramer C,Naidech AM,Ammar FE,Vasenina V,Castro B,Das P,Horowitz PM,Karrison T,Zakrison T,Hampton D,Rogers SO,Lazaridis C

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal sympathetic tone after spinal cord injury (SCI) initially results in hypotension and is subsequently associated with autonomic dysreflexia characterized by paroxysmal hypertension and bradycardia in response to noxious or visceral stimuli. To evaluate the effect of a clinically relevant compression model of S...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Maiorov DN,Fehlings MG,Krassioukov AV

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:4-Aminopyridine (4AP), a potassium channel antagonist, can improve hindlimb motor function in dogs with chronic thoracolumbar spinal cord injury (SCI); however, individual response is variable. We hypothesized that injury characteristics would differ between dogs that do and do not respond to 4AP. Our objective was to...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Lewis MJ,Laber E,Olby NJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury (SCI) is less common in children than in adults, but in children it is generally more severe. Spinal loading conditions (speed and displacement) are also thought to affect SCI severity, but the relationship between these parameters is not well understood. This study aimed to investigate the effects ...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Lau NS,Gorrie CA,Chia JY,Bilston LE,Clarke EC

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine-vasopressin (AVP) V1 receptors are known to mediate brain edema formation after traumatic brain injury (TBI). So far, however, AVP V1 receptors were only inhibited by genetic deletion or prior to trauma. Therefore, the current study aimed to determine the therapeutic window of AVP V1 receptor antagonization a...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Krieg SM,Trabold R,Plesnila N

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of alternatively spliced mRNAs for amyloid precursor protein (APP) isoforms and their translation products were examined in the rat cerebral cortex 1, 3, 6, and 12 h and 1, 3, and 7 days (n = 4-5 in each group) after fluid-percussion brain injury. In situ hybridization studies demonstrated that the expr...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Masumura M,Hata R,Uramoto H,Murayama N,Ohno T,Sawada T

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in humans and in animals leads to an acute and sustained increase in tissue glutamate concentrations within the brain, triggering glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity. Excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs) are responsible for maintaining extracellular central nervous system glutamate con...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Fontana AC,Fox DP,Zoubroulis A,Mortensen OV,Raghupathi R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Midcervical contusion injuries disrupt descending ipsilateral excitatory bulbospinal projections to phrenic motoneurons, compromising ventilation. We hypothesized that a unilateral contusion injury at C3 versus C5 would differentially impact phrenic activity reflecting more prominent disruption of ipsilateral descendi...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Alvarez-Argote S,Gransee HM,Mora JC,Stowe JM,Jorgenson AJ,Sieck GC,Mantilla CB

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is known to be accompanied by an increase in intracranial pressure (ICP) and in some cases, by spontaneous generation of cortical spreading depression (CSD) cycles. However, the role of CSD in the pathophysiology of cerebral contusion is still unknown. A multiparametric monitoring assembly...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Rogatsky GG,Sonn J,Kamenir Y,Zarchin N,Mayevsky A

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage in lowering high intracranial pressure (ICP) is well established in severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Recently, however, the use of external ventricular drains (EVDs) and ICP monitors in TBI has come under question. The aim of this retrospective study was to i...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Akbik OS,Krasberg M,Nemoto EM,Yonas H

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Optic nerve crush injury leads to death of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), both as a direct result of the primary injury and via secondary degeneration induced by neurotoxins secreted by dying RGCs. Studies have shown that, if optic nerve crush is preceded by an unrelated injury to another part of the central nervous s...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Ben Simon GJ,Hovda DA,Harris NG,Gomez-Pinilla F,Goldberg RA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) evokes diffuse (traumatic) axonal injury (TAI), which contributes to morbidity and mortality. Damaged axons display progressive alterations gradually evolving to axonal disconnection. In severe TAI, the tensile forces of injury lead to a focal influx of Ca2+, initiating a series of proteol...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Buki A,Farkas O,Doczi T,Povlishock JT

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined the effect of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) on the myogenic response in the rat middle cerebral artery (MCA). Rats were subjected to severe controlled cortical impact (CCI; 5 m/sec, 130-msec duration, 3-mm deformation) injury over the right parietal cortex. At 2, 24, and 120 h postinju...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Golding EM,Contant CF Jr,Robertson CS,Bryan RM Jr

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of end-to-side repair as a method of nerve reconstruction has been questioned, and most studies that characterize the mode of re-innervation are marred by inappropriate experimental design and lack quantitative analysis. This makes characterization of re-innervating neurons confusing and consequently cont...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Sananpanich K,Galea MP,Morrison WA,Messina A

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can trigger disturbances of cerebral pressure autoregulation that can translate into the generation of secondary insults and increased morbidity/mortality. Few therapies have been developed to attenuate the damaging consequences of disturbed autoregulatory control, although some suggest th...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Fujita M,Wei EP,Povlishock JT

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outcome following traumatic brain injury (TBI) is not only dependent on the nature and severity of injury and subsequent treatment, but also on constituent characteristics of injured individuals. We aimed to describe and quantify the relationship between demographic characteristics and six month outcome assessed by th...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Mushkudiani NA,Engel DC,Steyerberg EW,Butcher I,Lu J,Marmarou A,Slieker F,McHugh GS,Murray GD,Maas AI

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Basso, Bresnahan and Beattie (BBB) locomotor scale has not been tested to evaluate functional consequences of peripheral nerve lesions. Alternative methods to evaluate animal functional recovery after sciatic nerve injury are desirable. Male Wistar rats had a right sciatic nerve segment exposed and were divided in...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Schiaveto de Souza A,da Silva CA,Del Bel EA

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An impaired ability to regulate microglia activation by fractalkine (CX3CL1) leads to microglia chronic sub-activation. How this condition affects outcome after acute brain injury is still debated, with studies showing contrasting results depending on the timing and the brain pathology. Here, we investigated the early...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Zanier ER,Marchesi F,Ortolano F,Perego C,Arabian M,Zoerle T,Sammali E,Pischiutta F,De Simoni MG

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although atrophic changes have been well described following traumatic brain injury (TBI) in humans, little is known concerning the mechanisms or progression of brain tissue loss. In the present study, we evaluated the temporal profile of histopathological changes following parasagittal fluid-percussion (FP) brain inj...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Smith DH,Chen XH,Pierce JE,Wolf JA,Trojanowski JQ,Graham DI,McIntosh TK

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorus 31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P MRS) was used to study noninvasively the intracellular free Mg2+ concentration and cellular bioenergetic state of rat brain in vivo before and after fluid percussion-induced traumatic brain injury of graded severity. Brain injury was induced at four levels: low (1.0 +...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Vink R,Faden AI,McIntosh TK

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatalities or injuries following motorized and non-motorized vehicle accidents (MNMVA) are reported by police or health care systems. However, limited data exist for spinal injuries. Using an epidemiological database of road accidents occurring in a defined geographic area, we measured the incidence of major spinal tr...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Lieutaud T,Ndiaye A,Frost F,Chiron M,Registry Group.

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-scale network analysis characterizes the brain as a complex network of nodes and edges to evaluate functional connectivity patterns. The utility of graph-based techniques has been demonstrated in an increasing number of resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) studies in the normal and diseased brain. However, to ...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Kaushal M,Oni-Orisan A,Chen G,Li W,Leschke J,Ward BD,Kalinosky B,Budde MD,Schmit BD,Li SJ,Muqeet V,Kurpad SN

更新日期：2017-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroinflammation and dysfunction of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) are two prominent mechanisms of secondary injury in neurotrauma. It has been suggested that Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play important roles in initiating and propagating neuroinflammation resulting from traumatic brain injury (TBI), but potential benef...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Bennett M,Chin A,Lee HJ,Morales Cestero E,Strazielle N,Ghersi-Egea JF,Threlkeld SW,Schmidt TA,Richendrfer HA,Szmydynger-Chodobska J,Jay GD,Chodobski A

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper encompasses the prediction of early and late recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Predictors of the duration of coma and the utilization of posttraumatic amnesia duration to predict residual memory function are discussed. The issues surrounding prediction of long-term neurobehavioral recovery from TB...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Levin HS

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The horizontal ladder task is an established method to assess skilled locomotor recovery after neurological dysfunction. Walking speed is often used as a standardized measure in locomotor assessment of overground walking in human and pre-clinical studies, but the assessment of walking speed is typically ignored during...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Richards TM,Sharma P,Kuang A,Whitty D,Ahmed Z,Shah PK

更新日期：2019-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation is a fundamental cellular process that has a dramatic impact on the functionality of glycoconjugates such as proteins or lipids and mediates many different biological interactions including cell migration, cellular signaling, and synaptic interactions in the nervous system. In spinal cord injury (SCI), a...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Osimanjiang W,Roballo KCS,Houck BD,Ito M,Antonopoulos A,Dell A,Haslam SM,Bushman JS

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1990, the Second National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study reported that high-dosage methylprednisolone improves neurologic recovery in spinal-injured humans. The study showed that patients who received the drug within 8 hr after injury improved, whereas those who received the drug later did not. The drug significant...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Young W,Bracken MB

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocular blast injury is a major medical concern for soldiers and explosion victims due to poor visual outcomes. To define the changes in gene expression following a blast injury to the eye, we examined retinal ribonucleic acid (RNA) expression in 54 mouse strains 5 days after a single 50-psi overpressure air wave blast...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Struebing FL,King R,Li Y,Chrenek MA,Lyuboslavsky PN,Sidhu CS,Iuvone PM,Geisert EE

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury (SCI) can cause physical disability and psychological distress; however, whether SCI is a risk factor for dementia is unclear. This study evaluated the incidence of dementia in patients with SCI. Study participants were recruited from a nationwide cohort during 2004-2007 and categorized into SCI (pa...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Huang SW,Wang WT,Chou LC,Liou TH,Lin HW

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured astrocytes, exposed to glutamate at a dose that is generally neurotoxic in vitro (1 mM), exhibit transient swelling in the absence of cell death. In the present study, we further characterize this response by examining the distribution of intermediate filaments and evaluating cellular ultrastructure in primar...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Noble LJ,Hall JJ,Chen S,Chan PH

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00