Abstract
This study examined the time course of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) opening and correlated this with brain edema formation after a lateral controlled cortical impact (CCI) brain injury in rats. Quantitative measurement of Evans-blue (EB) extravasation using fluorescence was employed at 2, 4, 6 h and 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 days after injury. Brain edema was measured by specific gravity of the tissue at corresponding time points. Two prominent EB extravasations were observed at 4-6 h and 3-day after injury in the injury-site cortex and the ipsilateral hippocampus. Brain edema became progressively more severe over time and peaked at 24 h after injury and began to decline after day 3. These results suggest that there is a biphasic opening of the BBB after CCI brain injury and the second opening of the BBB does not contribute to a further increase in edema formation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 33-36 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Neuroscience Letters |
Volume | 226 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 18 1997 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Blood-brain barrier
- Brain edema
- Controlled cortical impact
- Traumatic brain injury
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience(all)