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Empirical Comparison of Typical and Atypical Environmental Enrichment Paradigms on Functional and Histological Outcome after Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury

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JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA
卷 27, 期 6, 页码 1047-1057

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MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1313

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behavior; controlled cortical impact; enrichment; recovery; spatial learning; water maze

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  1. National Institutes of Health [HD046700, NS060005]
  2. EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH &HUMAN DEVELOPMENT [R01HD046700] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
  3. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS060005] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER

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Several studies have shown that housing rats in an enriched environment (EE) after traumatic brain injury (TBI) improves functional and histological outcome. The typical EE includes exploratory, sensory, and social components in cages that are often vastly larger than standard (STD) housing. It is uncertain, however, whether a single or specific component is sufficient to confer these benefits after TBI, or if all, perhaps in an additive or synergistic manner, are necessary. To clarify this ambiguity, anesthetized adult male rats were subjected to either a controlled cortical impact or sham injury, and then were randomly assigned to five different housing paradigms: (1) EE (typical), (2) EE (-social), (3) EE (-stimuli), (4) STD (typical), and (5) STD (+stimuli). Motor and cognitive function were assessed using conventional motor (beam-balance/traversal) and cognitive (spatial learning in a Morris water maze) tests on postoperative days 1-5 and 14-19, respectively, and cortical lesion volume and CA1/CA3 cell loss were quantified at 3 weeks. No significant differences were observed among the sham groups in any comparison and thus their data were pooled (i.e., SHAM). In the TBI groups, typical EE improved beam-balance versus both STD (+stimuli) and EE (-social), it facilitated the acquisition of spatial learning and memory retention versus all other housing conditions (p<0.003), and it reduced lesion volume and CA3 cell loss versus STD (typical) housing. While rats in the three atypical EE conditions exhibited slightly better cognitive performance and histological protection versus the typical STD group, the overall effects were not significant. These data suggest that exposing TBI rats to any of the three components individually may be more advantageous than no enrichment, but only exposure to typical EE yields optimal benefits.

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