The controlled cortical impact model: applications, considerations for researchers, and future directions

ND Osier, CE Dixon - Frontiers in neurology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Controlled cortical impact (CCI) is a mechanical model of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that
was developed nearly 30 years ago with the goal of creating a testing platform to determine …

Applications of the Morris water maze in translational traumatic brain injury research

LB Tucker, AG Velosky, JT McCabe - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2018 - Elsevier
Acquired traumatic brain injury (TBI) is frequently accompanied by persistent cognitive
symptoms, including executive function disruptions and memory deficits. The Morris Water …

Microglial depletion with CSF1R inhibitor during chronic phase of experimental traumatic brain injury reduces neurodegeneration and neurological deficits

RJ Henry, RM Ritzel, JP Barrett, SJ Doran… - Journal of …, 2020 - Soc Neuroscience
Chronic neuroinflammation with sustained microglial activation occurs following severe
traumatic brain injury (TBI) and is believed to contribute to subsequent neurodegeneration …

Inhibition of autophagy in microglia and macrophages exacerbates innate immune responses and worsens brain injury outcomes

N Hegdekar, C Sarkar, S Bustos, RM Ritzel… - Autophagy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Excessive and prolonged neuroinflammation following traumatic brain injury (TBI)
contributes to long-term tissue damage and poor functional outcomes. However, the …

Impaired autophagy flux is associated with neuronal cell death after traumatic brain injury

C Sarkar, Z Zhao, S Aungst, B Sabirzhanov, AI Faden… - Autophagy, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Dysregulation of autophagy contributes to neuronal cell death in several neurodegenerative
and lysosomal storage diseases. Markers of autophagy are also increased after traumatic …

Repeated mild traumatic brain injury causes chronic neuroinflammation, changes in hippocampal synaptic plasticity, and associated cognitive deficits

SL Aungst, SV Kabadi, SM Thompson… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Repeated mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) can cause sustained cognitive and psychiatric
changes, as well as neurodegeneration, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We …

Spinal cord injury causes brain inflammation associated with cognitive and affective changes: role of cell cycle pathways

J Wu, Z Zhao, B Sabirzhanov, BA Stoica… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
Experimental spinal cord injury (SCI) causes chronic neuropathic pain associated with
inflammatory changes in thalamic pain regulatory sites. Our recent studies examining …

Old age increases microglial senescence, exacerbates secondary neuroinflammation, and worsens neurological outcomes after acute traumatic brain injury in mice

RM Ritzel, SJ Doran, EP Glaser, VE Meadows… - Neurobiology of …, 2019 - Elsevier
After traumatic brain injury (TBI), individuals aged over 65 years show increased mortality
and worse functional outcomes compared with younger persons. As neuroinflammation is a …

PLA2G4A/cPLA2-mediated lysosomal membrane damage leads to inhibition of autophagy and neurodegeneration after brain trauma

C Sarkar, JW Jones, N Hegdekar, JA Thayer, A Kumar… - Autophagy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Lysosomal membrane permeabilization (LMP) is observed under many pathological
conditions, leading to cellular dysfunction and death. However, the mechanisms by which …

Traumatic brain injury induces cGAS activation and type I interferon signaling in aged mice

JP Barrett, SM Knoblach, S Bhattacharya… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Aging adversely affects inflammatory processes in the brain, which has important
implications in the progression of neurodegenerative disease. Following traumatic brain …