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Protection against Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury by Increase in Brain Volume.
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BioMed Research International . 4/10/2017, Vol. 2017, p1-10. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Blast-induced traumatic brain injury (bTBI) is a leading cause of injuries in recent military conflicts and it is responsible for an increased number of civilian casualties by terrorist attacks. bTBI includes a variety of neuropathological changes depending on the intensity of blast overpressure (BOP) such as brain edema, neuronal degeneration, diffuse axonal damage, and vascular dysfunction with neurological manifestations of psychological and cognitive abnormalities. Internal jugular vein (IJV) compression is known to reduce intracranial compliance by causing an increase in brain volume and was shown to reduce brain damage during closed impact-induced TBI. We investigated whether IJV compression can attenuate signs of TBI in rats after exposure to BOP. Animals were exposed to three 110 ± 5 kPa BOPs separated by 30 min intervals. Exposure to BOP resulted in a significant decrease of neuronal nuclei (NeuN) together with upregulation of aquaporin-4 (AQP-4), 3-nitrotyrosine (3-NT), and endothelin 1 receptor A (ETRA) expression in frontal cortex and hippocampus one day following exposures. IJV compression attenuated this BOP-induced increase in 3-NT in cortex and ameliorated the upregulation of AQP-4 in hippocampus. These results suggest that elevated intracranial pressure and intracerebral volume have neuroprotective potential in blast-induced TBI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *BRAIN physiology
*BRAIN injury diagnosis
*HIPPOCAMPUS (Brain)
*JUGULAR vein
*ANIMAL experimentation
*COGNITION disorders
*EDEMA
*FLUORESCENT antibody technique
*FRONTAL lobe
*IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY
*NEUROLOGY
*OCCIPITAL lobe
*POPULATION
*RESEARCH funding
*TERRORISM
*WAR
*WOUNDS & injuries
*WELL-being
*NEUROPROTECTIVE agents
*BLAST injuries
*DATA analysis software
*DISEASE complications
*PHYSIOLOGY
*PREVENTION
*ANATOMY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23146133
- Volume :
- 2017
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- BioMed Research International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 122399246
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/2075463