Repetitive mild traumatic brain injury impairs norepinephrine system function and psychostimulant responsivity.

Autor: Horvat L; Rowan University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Science Hall 301G, 230 Meditation Walk, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA., Foschini A; Rowan University, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Science Center 220, 2 Medical Center Drive, Stratford, NJ, 08084, USA., Grinias JP; Rowan University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Science Hall 301G, 230 Meditation Walk, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA., Waterhouse BD; Rowan University, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Science Center 220, 2 Medical Center Drive, Stratford, NJ, 08084, USA., Devilbiss DM; Rowan University, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Science Center 220, 2 Medical Center Drive, Stratford, NJ, 08084, USA. Electronic address: devilbiss@rowan.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Brain research [Brain Res] 2024 Sep 15; Vol. 1839, pp. 149040. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 28.
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2024.149040
Abstrakt: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex pathophysiological process that results in a variety of neurotransmitter, behavioral, and cognitive deficits. The locus coeruleus-norepinephrine (LC-NE) system is a critical regulator of arousal levels and higher executive processes affected by TBI including attention, working memory, and decision making. LC-NE axon injury and impaired signaling within the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is a potential contributor to the neuropsychiatric symptoms after single, moderate to severe TBI. The majority of TBIs are mild, yet long-term cognitive deficits and increased susceptibility for further injury can accumulate after each repetitive mild TBI. As a potential treatment for restoring cognitive function and daytime sleepiness after injury psychostimulants, including methylphenidate (MPH) that increase levels of NE within the PFC, are being prescribed "off-label". The impact of mild and repetitive mild TBI on the LC-NE system remains limited. Therefore, we determined the extent of LC-NE and arousal dysfunction and response to therapeutic doses of MPH in rats following experimentally induced single and repetitive mild TBI. Microdialysis measures of basal NE efflux from the medial PFC and arousal measures were significantly lower after repetitive mild TBI. Females showed higher baseline PFC-NE efflux than males following single and repetitive mild TBI. In response to MPH challenge, males exhibited a blunted PFC-NE response and persistent arousal levels following repetitive mild TBI. These results provide critical insight into the role of catecholamine system dysfunction associated with cognitive deficits following repeated injury, outcome differences between sex/gender, and lack of success of MPH as an adjunctive therapy to improve cognitive function following injury.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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