Traumatic injury to the immature brain results in progressive neuronal loss, hyperactivity and delayed cognitive impairments

R Pullela, J Raber, T Pfankuch, DM Ferriero… - Developmental …, 2006 - karger.com
The immature brain may be particularly vulnerable to injury during critical periods of
development. To address the biologic basis for this vulnerability, mice were subjected to …

Chronic cognitive deficits and long-term histopathological alterations following contusive brain injury in the immature rat

JW Huh, R Raghupathi - Journal of neurotrauma, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Although diffuse axonal injury is the primary pathology in pediatric brain trauma, the
additional presence of focal contusions may contribute to the poor prognosis in brain-injured …

Traumatic brain injury in the immature mouse brain: characterization of regional vulnerability

W Tong, T Igarashi, DM Ferriero, LJ Noble - Experimental neurology, 2002 - Elsevier
We characterized the regional and temporal patterns of neuronal injury and axonal
degeneration after controlled cortical impact of moderate severity in mice at postnatal day …

Diffuse brain injury in the immature rat: evidence for an age-at-injury effect on cognitive function and histopathologic damage

R Raghupathi, JW Huh - Journal of neurotrauma, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Diffuse axonal injury is a significant component of the pathology of moderate-severe
pediatric traumatic brain injury in children less than 4 years of age, and is associated with …

Midline brain injury in the immature rat induces sustained cognitive deficits, bihemispheric axonal injury and neurodegeneration

JW Huh, AG Widing, R Raghupathi - Experimental neurology, 2008 - Elsevier
Infants and children less than 4 years old suffer chronic cognitive deficits following mild,
moderate or severe diffuse traumatic brain injury (TBI). It has been suggested that the …

Traumatic brain injury in young rats leads to progressive behavioral deficits coincident with altered tissue properties in adulthood

DO Ajao, V Pop, JE Kamper, A Adami… - Journal of …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects many infants and children, and results in enduring motor
and cognitive impairments with accompanying changes in white matter tracts, yet few …

Pathophysiological response to experimental diffuse brain trauma differs as a function of developmental age

I Cernak, T Chang, FA Ahmed, MI Cruz… - Developmental …, 2011 - karger.com
The purpose of experimental models of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is to reproduce selected
aspects of human head injury such as brain edema, contusion or concussion, and functional …

Mild traumatic brain injury to the infant mouse causes robust white matter axonal degeneration which precedes apoptotic death of cortical and thalamic neurons

K Dikranian, R Cohen, C Mac Donald, Y Pan… - Experimental …, 2008 - Elsevier
The immature brain in the first several years of childhood is very vulnerable to trauma.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) during this critical period often leads to neuropathological and …

Neuropathological and biochemical features of traumatic injury in the developing brain

P Bittigau, M Sifringer, U Felderhoff-Mueser… - Neurotoxicity …, 2003 - Springer
Trauma to the developing brain constitutes a poorly explored field. Some recent studies
attempting to model and study pediatric head trauma, the leading cause of death and …

Brain plasticity and recovery from early cortical injury

B Kolb, R Gibb - Developmental psychobiology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
There is a general view that early brain damage leads to a far better outcome than damage
later in life. Although there is a grain of truth to this idea, the reality is far more complex. We …