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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-24
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to examine the hypothesis if repetition of mild mechanical brain injury induces the pathological process related to Alzheimer's disease. After defining the magnitude of the subthreshold brain injury which does not induce brain tissue damage by a single hit, the subthreshold mild impact (1.0 atm) was repeated 7 times every 24 h. One week after the last impact, abnormal accumulation of microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) and phosphorylated neurofilament 200 kD (p-NFH) was observed in neuronal perikarya and dendrites. One month after percussion, the number of MAP2-and p-NFH-positive neuronal perikarya was increased and observed in remote areas including the contralateral cortex and the hippocampus. Tau-1 immunoreactivity was increased in deep cortical neurons of the ipsilateral side after dephosphorylation, indicating the accumulation of phosphorylated tau in neuronal perikarya. The abnormal accumulation of cytoskeletal proteins in neuronal perikarya may be due to impaired axonal transport caused by mechanical brain injury. The behavioral study revealed that after repetitive mild percussion, rats show less efficient habituation to a new environment. It is suggested that the repetition of subthreshold mechanical brain injury may trigger cytoskeletal alteration related to neuronal degeneration.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0379-0355
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
105-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Brain Injuries, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Cytoskeletal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Dendrites, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Microtubule-Associated Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Motor Activity, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Nerve Degeneration, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Neurofilament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-Recurrence, pubmed-meshheading:8740242-tau Proteins
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
The effects of repetitive mild brain injury on cytoskeletal protein and behavior.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article