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Table 1 Microglia activation following TBI

From: Microglia dynamics in adolescent traumatic brain injury

Reference

Strain/sex/age

Model (severity)

# of impacts/ICI

Microglia marker

Time PI

Regions

Findings

[37]

C57/male/9-15 months

Controlled impact

5/48 h

Iba1

6 months, 12 months

Cortex (retrosplenial, sensormotor, motor), CC, CA1, DG

Cortex: no difference at 6 or 12 months; CC: Increase at 6 months and 12 months; CA1and DG: no change

1

Iba1

6 months, 12 months

Cortex (retrosplenial, sensorimotor, motor), CC, CA1, DG

Cortex: no difference; CC: Increase at 12 months; CA1 and DG: no difference

[38]

Sprague-Dawley/male and female/P30

Lateral impact

3/3 days

Iba1

16 days

VMH

Increase following RmTBI in males only

[40]

C57/male/P35

Mod. weight drop

7/9 days

Iba1

3 months

CA1

Increase in both ages with no difference in adolescent’s vs adults

C57/male/P120

Mod. weight drop

7/9 days

Iba1

3 months

CA1

[98]

C57

Mahmood weight drop

5/24 h

Isolectin B4

30 days

HPC

No activation

10/24 h

Isolectin B4

30 days

HPC

No activation

[175]

Long-Evans/male/adult

mLFP

1

CD68

4 days

Ips and Con perirhinal cortex, parietal cortex, temporal cortex

Increased expression in all regions

32 days

Ips and Con perirhinal cortex, parietal cortex, temporal cortex

No differences

[176]

C57/male/P120–150

Mod. CCI

30/

5 on 2 off

Iba1, CD68

1 day, 60 days, 365 days

Optic Tract and LGN

Elevated at all time points

[177]

C57/male/P84

Mod. CCI

42/

6 per day/2h

CD68

7 days, 1 month, 6 months

Cortex, Amy, DG, CA1, CA3

7 days: Increase in cortex, con amy, CA3; 1 month: increase ips cortex, ips amy, ips/con DG; 6 months: Increase ips/con cortex, ips/con amy, ips/con DG, ips/con CA1, ips/con CA3

[178]

C57/male/P60–90

Mod. CCI

2/24 h

Iba1

2 days, 4 days, 7 days, 14 days, 28 days, 49 days

Ips cortex, Ips DG, CC, Ips Thalamus

Ips cortex: Increase 4/7/14/28d; Ips thalamus: Increase 4/7/14/28 days; CC: Increase 4/7/14/28/49 days; Ips DG: Increase 2/4/7 days; Con CA: Increase 4 days

[179]

C57/

male/P70

Controlled impact

1

Iba1

24 h, 10 days

Cortex, CC, brainstem

Cortex: no difference; CC: moderate both times; CA1: present both times; brainstem: no difference

5/48 h

Iba1

24 h

Cortex: moderate increase; CC: intense increase; brainstem: no difference

[180]

BALB/c/male/P90

Midline diffuse FPI (moderate)

1

Flow: CD14; Immuno: Iba1

Flow: 4 h, 72 h; Immuno: 30 days

Flow: Cortex, HPC; Iba1: DG, PCX, PFC;

Flow: CD14 microglia increases at 4 and 72; Iba1: 30 days increase in DG and PCX but not PFC

[181]

Wistar/female/P56

CCI

(moderate-to-severe)

1

Flow: CD40, CD68, CD163; Immuno: CD68, C163, CD68, Iba1

1 day, 3 days, 5 days, 7 days, 14 days, 30 days

Cortex

Flow: CD163 increase 3 days and 5 days; CD40 and CD68 no difference

Immuno: CD68: increase at 5/7/14 days; Cd163: Increase 5 and 7 days; CD68: No difference; Iba1: Increase 7 days

[182]

C57/male/P120–150

Closed-headed impact model of engineered rotational acceleration (CHIMERA)

1

Iba1

6 h, 1 day, 2 days, 7 days, 14 days

Optic tract, olfactory nerve, CC, brachium sup. Colliculus

Optic tract: increase 2/7/14 days; olfactory nerve: increase 1/2/7/14 days, CC: increase 2/7/14 days; Brachium: increase 2/7/14 days

[183]

Long-Evans/male/young adult

LFP

1,3,5/5 days

ED1

24 h

Injured cortex

Increase following 3 and 5 injuries

8 weeks

Injured Cortex

Increase following 5 injuries

[184]

C57/male/P60

Mod. weight drop

7/9 days

Iba1, CD68

24 h, 7 days

Fimbria white matter and CA1

Increase in Iba1 and CD68 at 24 h and 7 days in both regions

[185]

C57/male/P60–90

Mod. weight drop

7/9 days

Iba1

3 months

Fimbria white matter and CA1

Increase in both regions

[186]

Sprague-Dawley/male/P18

Mod. CCI

1

Iba1

7 days

Cortex, external capsule, amygdala

No difference

2/1 day

Iba1

7 days

Cortex, external capsule, amygdala

No difference

  1. Abbreviations: Amy amygdala, Con contralateral, CC corpus callosum, DG dentate gyrus, HPC hippocampus, ICI inter-injury interval, Ips ipsilateral, LGN lateral geniculate nucleus, LFP lateral fluid percussion, Mod modified, PCX parietal cortex, PFC prefrontal cortex, VMH ventromedial hypothalamus