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JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM
Volume 28, Issue 7, Pages 1353-1360Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2008.30
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cortical spreading depression; intracranial pressure; mice; regional cerebral blood flow; traumatic brain injury
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In recent years, several studies have unequivocally shown the occurrence of cortical spreading depressions (CSDs) after stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI) in humans. The fundamental question, however, is whether CSDs cause or result from secondary brain damage. The aim of the current study was, therefore, to investigate the role of CSDs for secondary brain damage in an experimental model of TBI. C57/BL6 mice were traumatized by controlled cortical impact. Immediately after trauma, each animal showed one heterogeneous direct current (DC) potential shift accompanied by a profound depression of electroencephalogram (EEG) amplitude, and a temporary decrease of ipsi- and contralateral regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) suggesting bilateral CSDs. Within the next 3 h after TBI, CSDs occurred at a low frequency (0.38 CSD/h per animal, n = 7) and were accompanied by rCBF changes confined to the ipsilateral hemisphere. No significant relationship between the number of SDs and lesion size or intracranial pressure (ICP) could be detected. Even increasing the number of posttraumatic CSDs by application of KCl by more than six times did not increase ICP or contusion volume. We therefore conclude that CSDs may not contribute to posttraumatic secondary brain damage in the normally perfused and oxygenated brain.
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