Cerebral amyloid-β accumulation and deposition following traumatic brain injury-A narrative review and meta-analysis of animal studies

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Journal Article

Publication Title

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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Elsevier

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School of Medical and Health Sciences

RAS ID

21239

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Bird, S. M., Sohrabi, H. R., Sutton, T. A., Weinborn, M., Rainey-Smith, S. R., Brown, B., . . . Martins, R. N. (2016). Cerebral amyloid-β accumulation and deposition following traumatic brain injury—A narrative review and meta-analysis of animal studies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 64, 215-228. Available here

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) increases the risk of neurodegenerative disorders many years post-injury. However, molecular mechanisms underlying the relationship between TBI and neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), remain to be elucidated. Nevertheless, previous studies have demonstrated a link between TBI and increased amyloid-β (Aβ), a protein involved in AD pathogenesis. Here, we review animal studies that measured Aβ levels following TBI. In addition, from a pool of initially identified 1209 published papers, we examined data from 19 eligible animal model studies using a meta-analytic approach. We found an acute increase in cerebral Aβ levels ranging from 24 h to one month following TBI (overall log OR = 2.97 ± 0.40, p < 0.001). These findings may contribute to further understanding the relationship between TBI and future dementia risk. The methodological inconsistencies of the studies discussed in this review suggest the need for improved and more standardised data collection and study design, in order to properly elucidate the role of TBI in the expression and accumulation of Aβ. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd.

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10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.01.004

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