Jenna M Ziebell1,2, Rachel K Rowe1,2,3, Jordan L Harrison1,2, Katharine C Eakin1,2, Taylor Colburn1,2, F Anthony Willyerd1,2,4, Jonathan Lifshitz1,2,3,5. 1. a BARROW Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital , Phoenix , AZ , USA. 2. b Department of Child Health , University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix , Phoenix , AZ , USA. 3. c Phoenix VA Healthcare System , Phoenix , AZ , USA. 4. d Critical Care, Phoenix Children's Hospital , Phoenix , AZ , USA. 5. e Psychology , Arizona State University , Tempe , AZ , USA.
Abstract
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: A dynamic relationship exists between diffuse traumatic brain injury and changes to the neurovascular unit. The purpose of this study was to evaluate vascular changes during the first week following diffuse TBI. It was hypothesized that pathology is associated with modification of the vasculature. METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent either midline fluid percussion injury or sham-injury. Brain tissue was collected 1, 2 or 7 days post-injury or sham-injury (n = 3/time point). Tissue was collected and stained by de Olmos amino-cupric silver technique to visualize neuropathology or animals were perfused with AltaBlue casting resin before high-resolution vascular imaging. The average volume, surface area, radius, branching and tortuosity of the vessels were evaluated across three regions of interest. RESULTS: In M2, average vessel volume (p < 0.01) and surface area (p < 0.05) were significantly larger at 1 day relative to 2 days, 7 days and sham. In S1BF and VPM, no significant differences in the average vessel volume or surface area at any of the post-injury time points were observed. No significant changes in average radius, branching or tortuosity were observed. CONCLUSIONS: Preliminary findings suggest gross morphological changes within the vascular network likely represent an acute response to mechanical forces of injury, rather than delayed or chronic pathological processes.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: A dynamic relationship exists between diffuse traumatic brain injury and changes to the neurovascular unit. The purpose of this study was to evaluate vascular changes during the first week following diffuse TBI. It was hypothesized that pathology is associated with modification of the vasculature. METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent either midline fluid percussion injury or sham-injury. Brain tissue was collected 1, 2 or 7 days post-injury or sham-injury (n = 3/time point). Tissue was collected and stained by de Olmos amino-cupric silver technique to visualize neuropathology or animals were perfused with AltaBlue casting resin before high-resolution vascular imaging. The average volume, surface area, radius, branching and tortuosity of the vessels were evaluated across three regions of interest. RESULTS: In M2, average vessel volume (p < 0.01) and surface area (p < 0.05) were significantly larger at 1 day relative to 2 days, 7 days and sham. In S1BF and VPM, no significant differences in the average vessel volume or surface area at any of the post-injury time points were observed. No significant changes in average radius, branching or tortuosity were observed. CONCLUSIONS: Preliminary findings suggest gross morphological changes within the vascular network likely represent an acute response to mechanical forces of injury, rather than delayed or chronic pathological processes.
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