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. 2015 Oct 26;6:223. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00223

Table 1.

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy TBI models.

Study Sex/species/age Model Injuries Interval Anesthesia Outcome measures
Liu et al. (27) Male
S. Dawley rat
2–3 months
Metal CCI
Open head
Single Single Isoflurane Tauopathy; cell death; apoptosis
Goldstein et al. (17) Male
C57BL6 mice
2–3 months
Blast
Closed head
Single Single Ketamine/xylazine Electrophysiology; tauopathy; axonal damage; motor; cognition; structural integrity; advanced imaging; human studies
Ojo et al. (18) Male/female
C57BL6 mice, hTau Tg mice
18 months
Metal CCI
Closed head
Single
Repeat (5)
Single (48 h) Isoflurane Tauopathy; gliosis and degeneration; structural integrity; cell death
Mouzon et al. (25) Male
C57BL6 mice
9–15 months
Metal CCI
Closed head
Single
Repeat (5)
Single (48 h) Isoflurane Motor; cognition; anxiety; inflammation; tauopathy; axonal damage
Huber et al. (26) Male
C57BL6 mice
2–3 months
Blast
Closed head
Single Single Isoflurane Motor; oxidative stress; tauopathy
Luo et al. (22) Male
C57BL6 mice, GFAPLuc mice
2–3 months
Rubber CCI
Closed head
Single
Repeat (2, 3, 5)
Single (24 h) Isoflurane Bioluminescence; motor; anxiety; cognition; fear conditioning; gliosis and degeneration; apoptosis
Glushakova et al. (39) Male
S. Dawley rats
2–3 months
Metal CCI
Open head
Single Single Isoflurane Vascular and axonal damage; gliosis and degeneration
Zhang et al. (32) Male
C57BL6 mice
2–3 months
Metal CCI
Closed head
Single
Repeat (3)
Single (24 h) Avertin Electrophysiology; neuroscore; inflammation; tauopathy; gliosis and degeneration; cognition
Kondo et al. (29) Male
C57BL6 mice
2–3 months
Single blast and weightdrop
Closed head
Single
Repeat (7)
Single severe
Seven mild over 9 days
Isoflurane Electrophysiology; motor; cognition; anxiety; structural integrity; axonal damage; tauopathy; cell death; mitochondrial function; human studies
Lucke-Wold et al. (24, 30) Male
S. Dawley rats
2–3 months
Blast
Closed head
Single
Repeat (6)
Single
Six mild over 10 days
Isoflurane Cognition; endoplasmic reticulum stress; tauopathy; human studies