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

Table 5.

TBI models using craniotomy.

Study Sex/species/age Model Injuries Interval Anesthesia Outcome measures
Olsson et al. (68) Rabbits
Unknown
Fluid percussion Single
Repeat (10)
Single (5 min) Pentobarbital Righting reflex; cardiovascular; vascular damage
Smith et al. (40) Male
C57BL6 mice
2–3 months
Metal CCI
Open head
Single Single Pentobarbital Cognition; structural integrity; cell death; gliosis and degeneration; vascular damage
Kanayama et al. (31) Male
Wister rats
2–3 months
Fluid percussion Single
Repeat (7)
Single (24 h) Pentobarbital Motor; social recognition; cytoskeletal damage; tauopathy
Allen et al. (158) Male
S. Dawley rats
2–3 months
Weight-drop
Plexiglas piston
Single severe
Repeat mild (3)
Three mild over 14 days ± severe 3 days Pentobarbital or ketamine/rhompamine Motor; gliosis and degeneration; structural integrity
DeRoss et al. (70) Male
Long–Evans rats
2–3 months
Fluid percussion Single
Repeat (2,3)
Single (N/A) Isoflurane Cognition; motor
Manley et al. (73) Male
Yorkshire pigs
Adult
Metal CCI
Open head
Single Single Pancuronium
Isoflurane
Cardiovascular; structural integrity; edema; vascular damage; cell death; gliosis and degeneration
Donovan et al. (61) Male
S. Dawley rats
2–3 months
Metal CCI
Open head
Single
Repeat (2)
Single 7 days each side Isoflurane Advanced imaging; structural integrity; axonal damage
Hawkins et al. (61) Male
S. Dawley Rats
6–8 months
Fluid percussion Single Single Isoflurane Extensive tauopathy assessment
Rubenstein et al. (38) Male
S. Dawley rats and C57BL6 mice
2–3 months
Metal CCI
Open head
Single Single Isoflurane Extensive tauopathy assessment; human studies
Begum et al. (37) Male
S. Dawley rats
2–3 months
Metal CCI
Open head
Single Single Isoflurane Motor; endoplasmic reticulum stress; tauopathy; axonal damage
Aungst et al. (67) Male
S. Dawley rats
2–3 months
Fluid percussion Single
Repeat (3)
Single (48 h) Isoflurane Electrophysiology; neuroscore; cognition; social recognition; gliosis and degeneration; cell death