abstract：:Researchers studying the impact of treatments designed to facilitate recovery after neural injury face competing demands. On the one hand, because treatment effects often emerge slowly over days, and because researchers seek evidence of stable long-term effects, it is common practice to observe experimental subjects f...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Hook MA,Ferguson AR,Garcia G,Washburn SN,Koehly LM,Grau JW

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Stretching of cultured neurons has been used to model diffuse axonal injury associated with brain trauma. N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) activation and group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are implicated in the pathophysiology of such injury. Here we detail the effects of culture condition and mGlu...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Lea PM 4th,Custer SJ,Stoica BA,Faden AI

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluid percussion (FP) brain injury causes spatial memory dysfunction in rats regardless of injury location (midline vs. lateral). Standard histological analysis of the injured brains shows hippocampal neuronal loss after lateral, but not midline FP injury. We have used the optical volume fractionator (OVF) stereologic...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Grady MS,Charleston JS,Maris D,Witgen BM,Lifshitz J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which mechanical impact to brain tissue is transduced to neuronal impairment remains poorly understood. Using an in vitro model of neuronal stretch, we found that mechanical stretch of neurons resulted in a transient plasma membrane permeability increase. Primary cortical neurons, seeded on silicone s...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Geddes DM,Cargill RS 2nd,LaPlaca MC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In terms of human suffering, medical expenses, and lost productivity, head injury is one of the major health care problems in the United States, and inadequate cerebral blood flow is an important contributor to mortality and morbidity after traumatic brain injury. Despite the importance of cerebral vascular dysfunctio...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： DeWitt DS,Prough DS

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is well recognized in the chronic stage of spinal cord injury (SCI) this potentially life-threatening complication has been only rarely documented in the acute phase (1 month) after SCI. Based on our clinical experience we hypothesized that AD is under-recognized in the acute phase of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Krassioukov AV,Furlan JC,Fehlings MG

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Closed head injury often has a devastating outcome, partly because the insult, like other injuries to the central nervous system (CNS), triggers self-destructive processes. During studies of the response to other CNS insults, it was unexpectedly discovered that the immune system, if well controlled, provides protectio...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Kipnis J,Nevo U,Panikashvili D,Alexandrovich A,Yoles E,Akselrod S,Shohami E,Schwartz M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study characterizes the histological and immunohistochemical changes in the adult rat spinal cord following photochemically induced spinal cord lesions. The spinal cord was exposed by laminectomy (T12-L1 vertebrae) and bathed with 1.5% rose bengal solution for 10 min. The excess dye was removed by saline rinse an...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Verdú E,García-Alías G,Forés J,Vela JM,Cuadras J,López-Vales R,Navarro X

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：:Rotational acceleration of the head, as occurs in falls, car crashes, and sport injuries, may result in diffuse brain damage, with acute and chronic neurological and psychiatric symptoms. The present study addresses the effects of rotational trauma on the neuronal cytoskeleton, which stabilizes perikaryal, dendritic a...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Hamberger A,Huang YL,Zhu H,Bao F,Ding M,Blennow K,Olsson A,Hansson HA,Viano D,Haglid KG

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the mechanism of the increase in cerebral blood flow induced by L-arginine administration after traumatic brain injury, the cerebral hemodynamic effects of L-arginine, D-arginine, and the free radical scavengers superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase were compared in the controlled cortical impact injury m...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Cherian L,Robertson CS

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and animal studies indicate that hyperthermia during or after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with poor outcome. Alcohol intoxication, a complicating risk factor in many cases of head injury, has been found to both worsen or attenuate posttraumatic neural damage and outcome. The purpose of the pres...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Taylor AN,Romeo HE,Beylin AV,Tio DL,Rahman SU,Hovda DA

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study characterized the effects of fluid percussion brain injury (FPI) on angiotensin II (AII)-induced cerebral vasodilation, determined the role of prostaglandins in such changes and evaluated the contribution of two subtypes of AII receptors (AT(1) and AT(2)) to the effects of AII on cerebrovascular regulation....

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Baranov D,Armstead WM

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the activation of lower limb motor pools by supraspinal and spinal networks after human spinal cord injury (SCI). We compared electromyographic (EMG) activity from six muscles during voluntarily attempted non-weight-bearing single-joint movements, multijoint movements approximating stepping in a supine...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Maegele M,Müller S,Wernig A,Edgerton VR,Harkema SJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) has been shown to protect cranial and spinal motoneurons, which suggests potential uses of GDNF in the treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI) and motor neuron disease. We examined neuroprotective effect of cationic liposome-mediated GDNF gene transfer in vivo on axonal...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Lu KW,Chen ZY,Jin DD,Hou TS,Cao L,Fu Q

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:The expression of the heat shock proteins hsp27 and hsp70 was examined in the spinal cord and sciatic nerves of developing rats. Using immunohistochemistry, we found that hsp27 is present in many motoneurones at birth. With development, the intensity of staining increases, reaching adult levels by 21 days, when all sc...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Kalmár B,Burnstock G,Vrbová G,Greensmith L

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the safety and accuracy of the Camino intraparenchymal sensor, we prospectively evaluated hemorrhagic complications, zero-drift, infection, and system malfunction in 163 patients monitored after a severe head injury. Mean duration of intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring was 5 +/- 2.2 days (range: 12 h to 1...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Poca MA,Sahuquillo J,Arribas M,Báguena M,Amorós S,Rubio E

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) induces vascular changes that may influence neurological outcome by causing the brain to be more susceptible to secondary ischemic insults. In rat models of TBI, L-arginine administration has been shown to restore cerebral blood flow and improve neurological outcome. The purpose of this st...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Liu H,Goodman JC,Robertson CS

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral and morphological changes were examined for up to 9 days after moderate cerebral ischemia caused by slow compression of a specific brain area in the sensorimotor cortex of Sprague-Dawley rats. Functional deficits after the cerebral ischemia were assessed by daily beam-walking tests, whereas morphological ch...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Kundrotiené J,Wägner A,Liljequist S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of reactive oxygen species (ROS) after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is based on indirect methods due to the high reactivity and short half-life of ROS in biological tissue. The commonly used salicylate trapping method has several disadvantages making it unsuitable for human use. We have evaluated 4-hydro...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Marklund N,Clausen F,Lewander T,Hillered L

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Talampanel [(R)-7-acetyl-5-(4-aminophenyl)-8,9-dihydro-8-methyl-7H-1,3-dioxolo[4,5-h][2,3] benzodiazepine] is an orally active noncompetitive antagonist of the AMPA subtype of glutamate excitatory amino acid receptors. The purpose of this study was to determine whether treatment with talampanel would protect in a rat ...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Belayev L,Alonso OF,Liu Y,Chappell AS,Zhao W,Ginsberg MD,Busto R

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory cellular responses to brain injury are promoted by proinflammatory messengers. Cyclooxygenases (prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthases [PGH]) are key enzymes in the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostanoids, which mediate immunomodulation, mitogenesis, apoptosis, blood flow, secondary injury (lipid ...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Schwab JM,Seid K,Schluesener HJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that location and direction of injury may affect outcome in experimental models of traumatic brain injury. Significant variability in outcome data has also been noted in studies using the lateral fluid percussion brain injury model (FPI) in rats. In recent studies from our laboratory, we ob...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Vink R,Mullins PG,Temple MD,Bao W,Faden AI

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a structured outcome interview, this study addressed the validity and sensitivity to change of the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) and the Extended GOS (GOSE) in a prospective study of patients who sustained mild (n = 30) to moderate (n = 13) traumatic brain injury (TBI) or general trauma (n = 44). The patients were...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Levin HS,Boake C,Song J,Mccauley S,Contant C,Diaz-Marchan P,Brundage S,Goodman H,Kotrla KJ

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the time course and the correlation of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) serum levels to the severity of traumatic brain injury in rats. Sixty-five male Wistar rats were subjected to severe cortical impact injury (100 PSI, 2 mm deformation). Blood samples were drawn directly after ...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Woertgen C,Rothoerl RD,Brawanski A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial barrier antigen (EBA) is a protein triplet located in the plasma membrane of microvascular endothelium and selectively expressed in the normal nervous system. In this study, microvascular alterations following traumatic brain injury were studied using EBA immunohistochemistry. Anesthetized, physiologically...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Lin B,Ginsberg MD,Zhao W,Alonso OF,Belayev L,Busto R

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single dose of an alpha1-noradrenergic antagonist transiently reinstates hemiplegia after recovery from brain injury, which suggests that noradrenaline (NA) is required to maintain recovery. No systematic studies have determined the postinjury duration of this vulnerability. This study used a within-subject, dose-re...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Stibick DL,Feeney DM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to determine sensitivity of the cortical impact injury model of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to severity of injury and to treatment. We examined the pattern of motor and cognitive deficits and recovery following TBI over a range of injury severities, and examined the efficacy of surface-induced moderate hypo...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Markgraf CG,Clifton GL,Aguirre M,Chaney SF,Knox-Du Bois C,Kennon K,Verma N

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon dioxide is perhaps the most potent available modulator of cerebrovascular tone and thus cerebral blood flow (CBF). These experiments evaluate the impact of induced hypercarbia on the matching of blood flow and metabolism in the injured brain. We explore the hypothesis that hypercarbia will restore the relations...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Glass TF,Fabian MJ,Schweitzer JB,Weinberg JA,Proctor KG

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modulation of the glutamatergic and excitotoxic pathway may attenuate secondary damage following traumatic brain injury by reducing presynaptic glutamate release and blocking sodium channels in their inactivated state. The aim of the present study was to investigate the neuroprotective potential of riluzole in traumat...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Stover JF,Beyer TF,Unterberg AW

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of the immediate excitotoxic phase occurring in response to spinal cord injury (SCI) is a major issue to reduce the neuronal damage responsible for any ensuing motor deficits. The present study evaluated the neuroprotective efficacy of three noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonists: Gacyclidine (GK-11), a n...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Feldblum S,Arnaud S,Simon M,Rabin O,D'Arbigny P

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspases are a family of mammalian proteases related to the ced-3 gene of Caenorhabditis elegans. They mediate many of the morphological and biochemical features of apoptosis, including structural dismantling of cell bodies and nuclei, fragmentation of genomic DNA, destruction of regulatory proteins, and propagation o...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Eldadah BA,Faden AI

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) offers a unique insight into brain cellular metabolism following traumatic brain injury (TBI). The aim of the present study was to assess change in neurometabolite markers of brain injury during the recovery period following TBI. We studied 19 TBI patients at 1.5, 3, and...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Brooks WM,Stidley CA,Petropoulos H,Jung RE,Weers DC,Friedman SD,Barlow MA,Sibbitt WL Jr,Yeo RA

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ICP monitoring per se has never been subjected to a prospective randomized clinical trial (PRCT) to establish its efficacy (or lack thereof) in improving outcome from severe head injury. Hence, there are insufficient data to support its use as a standard. However, there is a large body of published clinical experience...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors：

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of studies do not support the use of the prophylactic anticonvulsants studied thus far for the prevention of late PTS. Routine seizure prophylaxis later than 1 week following head injury is, therefore, not recommended. If late PTS occur, patients should be managed in accordance with standard approaches to...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors：

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that oxygen radical scavengers prevent the reduced cerebral blood flow that occurs following experimental traumatic brain injury. The exact chemical species responsible for the posttraumatic reduction in flow is unknown. We tested whether isoprostanes, which are formed by non-cyclooxygenase...

journal_title：Journal of neurotrauma

authors： Hoffman SW,Rzigalinski BA,Willoughby KA,Ellis EF

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：: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