Project description:The variations of psycho- and physiological deficits caused by TBI correlate with the degree of brain injury. However, the objective stratification of TBI is yet elusive. A modified closed-head injury Marmarou model was used based on the release of a 500 gram steel slug on top of the rat skull from a height of 100 cm or 120 cm to induce differential injury models for mild TBI and moderate TBI, respectively. The skull was covered by a helmet to mimic the warfighter’s condition in theater. The hippocampus was at the focal point of injury, and the cerebellum, was susceptible to diffused shock (secondary injury). The HC-CB axis coordinates visuomotor performance, which is known to be vulnerable to TBI. The rats that received moderate TBI showed deficient visuomotor performance by the Barnes maze test for longer time periods than those inflicted with mild TBI. The time resolved and HC-CB specific transcriptomic analysis focused on genes that enabled discrimination of mild from moderate TBI at 14d post injury which is equivalent to nearly 1.5 years of human lifetime. The functional analysis elucidated an active healing mechanism in the HC exposed to mild TBI. In contrast, moderate TBI caused delayed healing and active cell death in the HC. In conclusion, the graded brain injuries differentially implicated the HC-CB axis, despite the use of a helmet to reduce the impact. Time resolved functional dynamics informed the distinct consequences of mild vs. moderate TBI.

2020-12-31 | GSE131435 | GEO

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