Post-trauma administration of caffeine plus ethanol reduces contusion volume and improves working memory in rats.

abstract：:The potential pathophysiological role of circulating microparticles (MPs) has been recognized in various conditions, such as cardiovascular and thrombotic diseases. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has a complex pathophysiology that involves coagulopathy and inflammation. We investigated endothelial-, platelet-, and leuko...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Nekludov M,Mobarrez F,Gryth D,Bellander BM,Wallen H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in glutamatergic transmission are thought to contribute to secondary neuronal damage following traumatic brain injury. Using an in vitro cell injury model, we previously demonstrated an apparent reduction in AMPA receptor desensitization and resultant potentiation of AMPA-evoked currents after stretch inju...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Goforth PB,Ellis EF,Satin LS

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the 3.5 million annual new head injury cases is a subpopulation of children and young adults who experience repeated traumatic brain injury (TBI). The duration of vulnerability after a single TBI remains unknown, and biomarkers have yet to be determined. Decreases in glucose metabolism (cerebral metabolic rate o...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Prins ML,Alexander D,Giza CC,Hovda DA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimaging plays an important role in assessing axonal pathology after traumatic spinal cord injury. However, coexisting inflammation confounds imaging assessment of the severity of axonal injury. Herein, we applied diffusion basis spectrum imaging (DBSI) to quantitatively differentiate and quantify underlying patho...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Lin TH,Sun P,Hallman M,Hwang FC,Wallendorf M,Ray WZ,Spees WM,Song SK

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury damaging the rubrospinal tract (RST) interferes with skilled forelimb movement, but identification of the precise role of the RST in this behavior is impeded by the difficulty of surgically isolating the RST from other pathways running within the lateral funiculus (LF). The present study used a skil...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Morris R,Tosolini AP,Goldstein JD,Whishaw IQ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the utility of the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) and the Sensory Organization Test (SOT) as tools for the screening and monitoring of Service members (SMs) with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in a deployed setting during the acute and subacute phases of recovery. Patient records (N = 699...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Haran FJ,Slaboda JC,King LA,Wright WG,Houlihan D,Norris JN

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable effort and resources have been devoted to preserving life in patients with severe closed traumatic brain injury (TBI). We sought to identify temporal trends in mortality rates of these patients from the late 1800s to the present. We searched the literature for articles on severe TBI, abstracting numbers o...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Stein SC,Georgoff P,Meghan S,Mizra K,Sonnad SS

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of pelvic visceral inputs to neurons in the rostral medulla that are responsive to electrical stimulation of the abdominal branches of the vagus nerve (VAG-abd) was investigated in a complete chronic T8 spinal transection rat model. Using extracellular electrophysiological recordings from single medullary...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Kaddumi EG,Hubscher CH

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lectin pathway of the complement system has been implicated in secondary ischemic/inflammatory injury after traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, previous experimental studies have yielded conflicting results, and human studies are scarce. In this exploratory study, we investigated associations of several lectin ...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Osthoff M,Walder B,Delhumeau C,Trendelenburg M,Turck N

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Mission on Prognosis and Analysis of Clinical Trials in Traumatic Brain Injury (IMPACT) and Corticoid Randomisation After Significant Head injury (CRASH) prognostic models predict functional outcome after moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). We aimed to assess their performance in a cont...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Dijkland SA,Helmrich IRAR,Nieboer D,van der Jagt M,Dippel DWJ,Menon DK,Stocchetti N,Maas AIR,Lingsma HF,Steyerberg EW,CENTER-TBI Participants and Investigators.

更新日期：2020-12-14 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：:Cardiometabolic risk factors are sorely underreported after spinal cord injury (SCI), despite the high prevalence of metabolic disorders and cardiovascular mortality in this population. Body-composition analysis and serum-lipid profiling are two assessments that are beginning to be more widely used to document metabol...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Inskip J,Plunet W,Ramer L,Ramsey JB,Yung A,Kozlowski P,Ramer M,Krassioukov A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For patients surviving serious traumatic brain injury (TBI), families and other stakeholders often desire information on long-term functional prognosis, but accurate and easy-to-use clinical tools are lacking. We aimed to build utilitarian decision trees from commonly collected clinical variables to predict Glasgow Ou...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Walker WC,Stromberg KA,Marwitz JH,Sima AP,Agyemang AA,Graham KM,Harrison-Felix C,Hoffman JM,Brown AW,Kreutzer JS,Merchant R

更新日期：2018-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an urgent need for both the scientific development and clinical validation of novel therapies for acute spinal cord injury (SCI). The scientific development of novel therapies would be facilitated by a better understanding of the acute pathophysiology of human SCI. Clinical validation of such therapies would ...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Kwon BK,Stammers AM,Belanger LM,Bernardo A,Chan D,Bishop CM,Slobogean GP,Zhang H,Umedaly H,Giffin M,Street J,Boyd MC,Paquette SJ,Fisher CG,Dvorak MF

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The striatum, together with the hippocampus, is one of the most vulnerable regions in the brain. Recently, genetic abnormalities or mutations have been linked to various neurodegenerative diseases, that is, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), etc., but the processes from gen...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Nishino H,Hida H,Kumazaki M,Shimano Y,Nakajima K,Shimizu H,Ooiwa T,Baba H

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical studies have documented the importance of secondary brain insults in determining neurologic outcome after head injury. Delayed intracranial hematomas are one of the most easily remediable causes of secondary injury if identified early, but can cause significant disability or death if not promptly recognized a...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Robertson CS,Gopinath SP,Chance B

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this investigation was to develop a method to study the neurophysiological integrity of the central motor tract using motor evoked potentials in the awake rat and assess the effects of different anesthetics in this model. Rats were implanted with six subcutaneous electrodes (pediatric myocardial pacing lea...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Oria M,Chatauret N,Raguer N,Córdoba J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a principal cause of long-term physical, cognitive, behavioral, and social deficits in young adults, which frequently coexist with a high incidence of substance abuse disorders. However, few studies have examined the long-term effects of TBI on the neuroendocrine-immune system. TBI was ...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Taylor AN,Rahman SU,Tio DL,Sanders MJ,Bando JK,Truong AH,Prolo P

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to an immunocompromised state responsible for an increased morbidity and mortality. Our understanding of the mechanisms responsible for this brain damage is incomplete. Damage maybe mediated by a complex cascade of neuroinflammation, and cytokine activation. In addition, trans...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Mazzeo AT,Kunene NK,Gilman CB,Hamm RJ,Hafez N,Bullock MR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complications in upper and lower urinary function arise after spinal cord injury (SCI), which creates a significant impact on quality of life for those affected. One upper urinary complication is SCI-induced polyuria, or the overproduction of urine, of which the underlying mechanisms have yet to be elucidated. Activit...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Gumbel JH,Montgomery LR,Yang CB,Hubscher CH

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following a controlled, severe contusion lesion to the lower thoracic spinal cord in adult rats, we found that apoptosis occurred in cells located in both gray and white matter. This suggested that both nonneuronal cells, including astrocytes, oligodendroglia and microglia, as well as neurons, might participate in pro...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Yong C,Arnold PM,Zoubine MN,Citron BA,Watanabe I,Berman NE,Festoff BW

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early decompression may improve neurological outcome after spinal cord injury (SCI), but is often difficult to achieve because of logistical issues. The aims of this study were to 1) determine the time to decompression in cases of isolated cervical SCI in Australia and New Zealand and 2) determine where substantial de...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Battistuzzo CR,Armstrong A,Clark J,Worley L,Sharwood L,Lin P,Rooke G,Skeers P,Nolan S,Geraghty T,Nunn A,Brown DJ,Hill S,Alexander J,Millard M,Cox SF,Rao S,Watts A,Goods L,Allison GT,Agostinello J,Cameron PA,Mo

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Since free radicals play a role in the mechanisms of brain injury after hemorrhagic stroke, the effect of melatonin (a potent antioxidant and free-radical scavenger) on outcomes was investigated after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in rats. ICH was induced by clostridial collagenase infusion into the right caudate put...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Lekic T,Hartman R,Rojas H,Manaenko A,Chen W,Ayer R,Tang J,Zhang JH

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining the priorities of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) can assist in choosing research priorities that will ultimately improve their quality of life. This systematic review examined studies that directly surveyed people with SCI to ascertain their health priorities and life domains of importance. Twen...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Simpson LA,Eng JJ,Hsieh JT,Wolfe DL,Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Evidence Scire Research Team.

更新日期：2012-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This study characterized the Infinite Horizon (IH) Impactor for use in mouse models of contusion spinal cord injury (SCI), and investigated the feasibility and reliability of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a method to accurately measure lesion volume after mouse contusion SCI. Eight-week-old female C57Bl/6 ...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Nishi RA,Liu H,Chu Y,Hamamura M,Su MY,Nalcioglu O,Anderson AJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:Using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), we assessed the relationship of white matter integrity and performance on the Boston Naming Test (BNT) in a group of retired professional football players and a control group. We examined correlations between fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) with BNT T-scores i...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Strain JF,Didehbani N,Spence J,Conover H,Bartz EK,Mansinghani S,Jeroudi MK,Rao NK,Fields LM,Kraut MA,Cullum CM,Hart J Jr,Womack KB

更新日期：2017-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of posttraumatic hyperglycemia on contusion volume and neutrophil accumulation following moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) in rats. A parasagittal fluid-percussion (F-P) brain injury (1.8-2.1 atm) was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Rats were then randomiz...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Kinoshita K,Kraydieh S,Alonso O,Hayashi N,Dietrich WD

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A penetrating traumatic brain injury (pTBI) occurs when an object impacts the head with sufficient force to penetrate the skin, skull, and meninges, and inflict injury directly to the brain parenchyma. This type of injury has been notoriously difficult to model in small laboratory animals such as rats or mice. To this...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Plantman S,Ng KC,Lu J,Davidsson J,Risling M

更新日期：2012-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of oxidative damage, neuroinflammation, and mitochondrial dysfunction has been implicated in secondary pathomechanisms following spinal cord injury (SCI). These pathophysiological processes lead to cell death and are tightly regulated by nuclear factor E2-related factor 2/antioxidant response element (N...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Wang X,de Rivero Vaccari JP,Wang H,Diaz P,German R,Marcillo AE,Keane RW

更新日期：2012-03-20 00:00:00