The present protocol describes a rat model of fluid percussion-induced traumatic brain injury followed by a series of behavioral tests to understand the development of dominant and submissive behavior. Using this model of traumatic brain injury in conjunction with specific behavioral tests enables the study of social impairments following brain injury.
Frank, D., Gruenbaum, B. F., Semyonov, M., Binyamin, Y., Severynovska, O., Gal, R., Frenkel, A., Knazer, B., Boyko, M., Zlotnik, A. Assessing Dominant-Submissive Behavior in Adult Rats Following Traumatic Brain Injury. J. Vis. Exp. (190), e64548, doi:10.3791/64548 (2022).