Behavioral Deficits in Animal Models of Blast Traumatic Brain Injury

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-4-2020

Abstract

Blast exposure has been identified to be the most common cause for traumatic brain injury (TBI) in soldiers. Over the years, rodent models to mimic blast exposures and the behavioral outcomes observed in veterans have been developed extensively. However, blast tube design and varying experimental parameters lead to inconsistencies in the behavioral outcomes reported across research laboratories. This review aims to curate the behavioral outcomes reported in rodent models of blast TBI using shockwave tubes or open field detonations between the years 2008–2019 and highlight the important experimental parameters that affect behavioral outcome. Further, we discuss the role of various design parameters of the blast tube that can affect the nature of blast exposure experienced by the rodents. Finally, we assess the most common behavioral tests done to measure cognitive, motor, anxiety, auditory, and fear conditioning deficits in blast TBI (bTBI) and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of these tests.

Identifier

85091229177 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Frontiers in Neurology

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.00990

e-ISSN

16642295

Volume

11

Grant

14059001

Fund Ref

Medical Research and Materiel Command

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