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Lateral Fluid Percussion: Model of Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice
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August 22, 2011
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1Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology,University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, 3Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center
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Lateral fluid percussion (LFP), an established model of traumatic brain injury in mice, is demonstrated. LFP fulfills three major criteria for animal models: validity, reliability and clinical relevance. The procedure, consisting of surgical craniotomy, fixation of hub followed by induction of injury, resulting in focal and diffuse injuries, is described.
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Alder, J., Fujioka, W., Lifshitz, J., Crockett, D. P., Thakker-Varia, S. Lateral Fluid Percussion: Model of Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice. J. Vis. Exp. (54), e3063, doi:10.3791/3063 (2011).
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