Sex differences in traumatic brain injury: what we know and what we should know

RP Gupte, WM Brooks, RR Vukas, JD Pierce… - Journal of …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
There is growing recognition of the problem of male bias in neuroscience research,
including in the field of traumatic brain injury (TBI) where fewer women than men are …

Sex bias in neuroscience and biomedical research

AK Beery, I Zucker - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Female mammals have long been neglected in biomedical research. The NIH mandated
enrollment of women in human clinical trials in 1993, but no similar initiatives exist to foster …

Sexual dimorphism in the inflammatory response to traumatic brain injury

S Villapol, DJ Loane, MP Burns - Glia, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The activation of resident microglial cells, alongside the infiltration of peripheral
macrophages, are key neuroinflammatory responses to traumatic brain injury (TBI) that are …

[HTML][HTML] Head injury as a risk factor for dementia and Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 32 observational studies

Y Li, Y Li, X Li, S Zhang, J Zhao, X Zhu, G Tian - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Head injury is reported to be associated with increased risks of dementia and
Alzheimer's disease (AD) in many but not all the epidemiological studies. We conducted a …

Head injury as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease: the evidence 10 years on; a partial replication

S Fleminger, DL Oliver, S Lovestone… - Journal of Neurology …, 2003 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective: To determine, using a systematic review of case-control studies, whether head
injury is a significant risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. We sought to replicate the findings of …

Pathophysiology of cerebral ischemia and brain trauma: similarities and differences

HM Bramlett, WD Dietrich - Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Current knowledge regarding the pathophysiology of cerebral ischemia and brain trauma
indicates that similar mechanisms contribute to loss of cellular integrity and tissue …

Sex differences in outcome after mild traumatic brain injury

JJ Bazarian, B Blyth, S Mookerjee, H He… - Journal of …, 2010 - liebertpub.com
The objective of this study was to estimate the independent association of sex with outcome
after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). We performed an analysis of a subset of an …

Lateral fluid percussion brain injury: a 15-year review and evaluation

HJ Thompson, J Lifshitz, N Marklund… - Journal of …, 2005 - liebertpub.com
This article comprehensively reviews the lateral fluid percussion (LFP) model of traumatic
brain injury (TBI) in small animal species with particular emphasis on its validity, clinical …

Estrogens as neuroprotectants: estrogenic actions in the context of cognitive aging and brain injury

EB Engler-Chiurazzi, CM Brown, JM Povroznik… - Progress in …, 2017 - Elsevier
There is ample empirical evidence to support the notion that the biological impacts of
estrogen extend beyond the gonads to other bodily systems, including the brain and …

Sex differences in acute neuroinflammation after experimental traumatic brain injury are mediated by infiltrating myeloid cells

SJ Doran, RM Ritzel, EP Glaser, RJ Henry… - Journal of …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
The inflammatory response to moderate-severe controlled cortical impact (CCI) in adult male
mice has been shown to exhibit greater glial activation compared with age-matched female …