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Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Dis. 2018 Jul 27;123:27–41. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.07.018

Table 1.

Summary of studies examining depression-related behavior in rodent models of TBI. TBI was delivered to anaesthetised adult animals, unless otherwise stated. FST – Forced Swim Test, SPT –Sucrose preference test, TST – Tail Suspension Test, NSFT – Novelty Suppressed Feeding Test, CCI – Controlled Cortical Impact, FPI - Fluid Percussion Injury, GSK-3 – Glycogen synthase kinase 3, LiCl – Lithium chloride, DHEAS – Dehydroepiandrosterone, TSG-6 – Tumor necrosis factor stimulated gene 6.

Model Citation Species Severity Frequency Test Depression phenotype
Weight-drop Milman, 2005 Mouse Mild Single FST Depression-like phenotype in TBI mice
Shapira et al., 2007 Mouse Mild Single FST Depression-like phenotype in TBI, reversed by LiCl, GSK-3 inhibitor
Tweedie, 2007 Mouse Mild Single FST Depression-like phenotype in TBI mice
Milman, 2008 Mouse Mild Single FST Depression-like phenotype in TBI, improvement at 90 days with DHEAS treatment
Lesniak, 2017 Mouse Mild Single TST Increased depression-like behaviour following TBI in LA mice
Kosari-Nasab, 2018 Mouse Mild Single FST, SPT Depression-like phenotype in TBI mice
Nichols, 2016 Mouse Mild Repeated FST No phenotype in TBI mice
Liu, 2017 Mouse Mild Repeated FST No phenotype in TBI mice
Schwarzbold, 2010 Mouse Variable Single FST No phenotype in TBI mice
Corrigan, 2017 Rat Mild Repeated FST Depression-like phenotype in TBI rats
Tan et al., 2015 Rat Not classified Single FST, SPT Depression-like phenotype in TBI rats, reduced by amantadine
CCI Yang, 2015 Mouse Mild Repeated FST No phenotype in TBI mice
Wang, 2011 Mouse Moderate Single FST No phenotype in TBI mice
Washington et al., 2012 Mouse Variable Single FST Depression-like phenotype in TBI mice
Tucker et al., 2017 Mouse Variable Single SPT, FST No phenotype in TBI mice
Watanabe et al., 2013 Mouse Not classified Single FST, NSFT Depression-like phenotype in TBI mice, improved by TSG-6 (anti-inflammatory) treatment
Petraglia et al., 2014 Mouse (conscious) Not classified Repeated FST,TST Depression-like phenotype in TBI mice
Klemenhagen et al., 2013 Mouse Not classified Repeated TST, SPT Depression-like phenotype in TBI mice
Cope et al., 2011 Rat Not classified Single SPT Depression-like phenotype in TBI rats, improved by zinc supplementation
Cope, 2012 Rat Not classified Single SPT Depression-like phenotype in TBI rats
Darkazalli et al., 2016 Rat Not classified Single SPT Depression-like phenotype in TBI rats, reversed with stem cell treatment
FPI Shultz et al., 2012a Rat Mild Single FST No phenotype in TBI rats
Shultz et al., 2012b Rat Mild Repeated FST Depression-like phenotype in TBI rats
Webster et al., 2015 Rat Mild Repeated FST No phenotype in TBI rats
Mychasiuk et al., 2014a, 2014b Rat (juvenile) Mild Single FST Depression-like phenotype in TBI rats
Jones et al., 2008 Rat Moderate Single FST, SPT No phenotype in TBI rats
Rowe, 2016 Rat (varying ages) Moderate Single FST No phenotype in TBI rats
Blast injury Reiner, 2015 Mouse Mild Single TST Depression-like phenotype in TBI mice, reversed by SMM-189 - CB2 receptor inverse agonist
Heldt, 2014 Mouse Variable Single TST Depression-like phenotype in 60psi injured vs 30psi injured rats