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Investigation of left and right lateral fluid percussion injury in C57BL6/J mice: In vivo functional consequences.

ABSTRACT: Although rodent models of traumatic brain injury (TBI) reliably produce cognitive and motor disturbances, behavioral characterization resulting from left and right hemisphere injuries remains unexplored. Here we examined the functional consequences of targeting the left versus right parietal cortex in lateral fluid percussion injury, on Morris water maze (MWM) spatial memory tasks (fixed platform and reversal) and neurological motor deficits (neurological severity score and rotarod). In the MWM fixed platform task, right lateral injury produced a small delay in acquisition rate compared to left. However, injury to either hemisphere resulted in probe trial deficits. In the MWM reversal task, left-right performance deficits were not evident, though left lateral injury produced mild acquisition and probe trial deficits compared to sham controls. Additionally, left and right injury produced similar neurological motor task deficits, impaired righting times, and lesion volumes. Injury to either hemisphere also produced robust ipsilateral, and modest contralateral, morphological changes in reactive microglia and astrocytes. In conclusion, left and right lateral TBI impaired MWM performance, with mild fixed platform acquisition rate differences, despite similar motor deficits, histological damage, and glial cell reactivity. Thus, while both left and right lateral TBI produce cognitive deficits, laterality in mouse MWM learning and memory merits consideration in the investigation of TBI-induced cognitive consequences.

SUBMITTER: Schurman LD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5718151 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Investigation of left and right lateral fluid percussion injury in C57BL6/J mice: In vivo functional consequences.

Schurman Lesley D LD Smith Terry L TL Morales Anthony J AJ Lee Nancy N NN Reeves Thomas M TM Phillips Linda L LL Lichtman Aron H AH

Neuroscience letters 20170517

Although rodent models of traumatic brain injury (TBI) reliably produce cognitive and motor disturbances, behavioral characterization resulting from left and right hemisphere injuries remains unexplored. Here we examined the functional consequences of targeting the left versus right parietal cortex in lateral fluid percussion injury, on Morris water maze (MWM) spatial memory tasks (fixed platform and reversal) and neurological motor deficits (neurological severity score and rotarod). In the MWM ...[more]

PMID: 28527714

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Investigation of left and right lateral fluid percussion injury in C57BL6/J mice: In vivo functional consequences.

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Investigation of left and right lateral fluid percussion injury in C57BL6/J mice: In vivo functional consequences.

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