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Source: Yang, Z., et.al. A Repetitive Concussive Head Injury Model in Mice. J. Vis. Exp. (2016).
This video demonstrates the induction of repetitive concussive head injuries in a mouse using an electromagnetic impact device. The procedure involves positioning the impact tip between the interfrontal and lambdoid sutures on the skull of an anesthetized mouse and using a probe tip to precisely set the impact depth. The impact is delivered at a controlled velocity and depth to simulate mild traumatic brain injuries, followed by a recovery period, with the injuries repeated at specified intervals.
Todos los procedimientos que involucran modelos animales han sido revisados por el comité institucional local de cuidado animal y la junta de revisión veterinaria de JoVE.
1. Animal Care
2. Preparación previa a la impactación
3. Ajuste de parámetros de impacto
NOTA: El sistema de impacto incluye una caja de control para establecer los parámetros de impacto, un actuador para realizar la impactación y un marco estereotáctico digital con 3 ejes de movimiento.
4. Posicionamiento del centro
5. Ajuste de Profundidad de Impacto
6. Impact
7. Post-impactaction
8. Repetitive Impaction

Figure 1. A Mouse Model of Repetitive Concussive Head Injury. (A) Custom-made 1 mm thick silicone rubber-coated tip measuring 9 mm in diameter with a probe tip. (B) A mouse is mounted in a stereotactic frame in a prone position with a soft heating pad under the body. (C) The impact center positioning. The edge of the impact tip is vertically parallel to an imaginary horizontal line drawn between the two ears. The impact center corresponds midway between interfrontal and lambdoid sutures (interaural 9 mm to interaural 0 mm, lateral 4.5 mm). (D) Apnea is defined as brief periods of transient termination of breathing. Mean and SD are shown in the lower panel.
| Anesthesia machine | Eagle Eye Anesthesia, Inc | Model 150 | anesthesia |
| Electromagnetic Impactor | LeicaBiosystems | Impact One Stereotaxic Impactor | perform impaction |
| Digital Stereotaxic instrument | LeicaBiosystems | 39462501 | mount mouse and positioning tips |
| Silicone rubber-coated metal tip | Precision Tool & Engineering, Gainesvill FL | custom-made | impact tip |
| Lithium Ion All-in-One Trimmer | WAHL Home Products | 9854-600 | shave mouse hair |
| Paper clips | custom-made | probe tip | |
| Cotton tipped applicators | MEDLINE | MDS202055 | scrub head with saline |