Book contents
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword to First Edition
- Foreword to Second Edition
- Chapter 1 Epidemiology of Head Injury
- Chapter 2 The Neuropathology of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 3 Experimental Models of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 4 Clinical Assessment of the Head-Injured Patient
- Chapter 5 Neuroimaging in Trauma
- Chapter 6 Scoring Systems for Trauma and Head Injury
- Chapter 7 Early Phase Care of Patients with Mild and Minor Head Injury
- Chapter 8 Early Phase Care of Patients with Moderate and Severe Head Injury
- Chapter 9 Interhospital Transfer of Brain-Injured Patients
- Chapter 10 Principles of Head Injury Intensive Care Management
- Chapter 11 Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Head Injury
- Chapter 12 Multimodality Monitoring in Head Injury
- Chapter 13 Therapeutic Options in Neurocritical Care
- Chapter 14 Therapeutic Options in Neurocritical Care
- Chapter 15 Brain Stem Death and Organ Donation
- Chapter 16 Anaesthesia for Emergency Neurosurgery
- Chapter 17 Surgical Issues in the Management of Head-Injured Patients
- Chapter 18 Craniofacial Trauma
- Chapter 19 Cranioplasty after Head Injury
- Chapter 20 Neurosurgical Complications of Head Injury
- Chapter 21 Paediatric Head Injury Management
- Chapter 22 Assessment of Cognition and Capacity
- Chapter 23 Families
- Chapter 24 Principles of Rehabilitation
- Chapter 25 MDT and Rehabilitation of Head Injury
- Chapter 26 Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
- Chapter 27 Assistive Technology and Rehabilitation
- Chapter 28 Outcomes and Prognosis
- Chapter 29 Medicolegal Aspects of Traumatic Brain and Cervical Spine Injury
- Index
- References
Chapter 3 - Experimental Models of Traumatic Brain Injury
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2020
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword to First Edition
- Foreword to Second Edition
- Chapter 1 Epidemiology of Head Injury
- Chapter 2 The Neuropathology of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 3 Experimental Models of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 4 Clinical Assessment of the Head-Injured Patient
- Chapter 5 Neuroimaging in Trauma
- Chapter 6 Scoring Systems for Trauma and Head Injury
- Chapter 7 Early Phase Care of Patients with Mild and Minor Head Injury
- Chapter 8 Early Phase Care of Patients with Moderate and Severe Head Injury
- Chapter 9 Interhospital Transfer of Brain-Injured Patients
- Chapter 10 Principles of Head Injury Intensive Care Management
- Chapter 11 Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Head Injury
- Chapter 12 Multimodality Monitoring in Head Injury
- Chapter 13 Therapeutic Options in Neurocritical Care
- Chapter 14 Therapeutic Options in Neurocritical Care
- Chapter 15 Brain Stem Death and Organ Donation
- Chapter 16 Anaesthesia for Emergency Neurosurgery
- Chapter 17 Surgical Issues in the Management of Head-Injured Patients
- Chapter 18 Craniofacial Trauma
- Chapter 19 Cranioplasty after Head Injury
- Chapter 20 Neurosurgical Complications of Head Injury
- Chapter 21 Paediatric Head Injury Management
- Chapter 22 Assessment of Cognition and Capacity
- Chapter 23 Families
- Chapter 24 Principles of Rehabilitation
- Chapter 25 MDT and Rehabilitation of Head Injury
- Chapter 26 Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
- Chapter 27 Assistive Technology and Rehabilitation
- Chapter 28 Outcomes and Prognosis
- Chapter 29 Medicolegal Aspects of Traumatic Brain and Cervical Spine Injury
- Index
- References
Summary
The need for experimental traumatic brain injury (TBI) models comes from the drive to better understand TBI pathophysiology in order to improve outcome. Models are surrogates for human pathology, they can be cellular (in vitro) or whole organism (in vivo). Although no model can entirely replace the need for human studies, the use of cell cultures and animals offer unique advantages. There is uniformity of subjects, and the same injury can be repeatedly recreated. They allow for the creation of simple or complex injuries, whilst offering the ability to investigate global or focal change(s) from minutes to days following the insult, and there are no recruitment or loss of follow-up issues. The greatest advantages are possibly the ability to perform multiple and invasive sampling of tissues, measure fatal end points and trial widest range of drug doses which is precluded in clinical studies.
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- Traumatic Brain InjuryA Multidisciplinary Approach, pp. 24 - 33Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020