Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center 1 article published in JoVE Neuroscience Low-intensity Blast Wave Model for Preclinical Assessment of Closed-head Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Rodents Aric F. Logsdon*1,2, Brandon P. Lucke-Wold*3, Ryan C. Turner*4, Sean M. Collins5, Evan L. Reeder5, Jason D. Huber4, Charles L. Rosen6, Matthew J. Robson*5, Florian Plattner*7 1Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs, 2Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Washington, 3Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, 4Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University, 5Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Cincinnati, 6Central Illinois Neuro Health Sciences, Bloomington, IL, 7Neuro-research, Dallas, TX We present here a protocol of a blast wave model for rodents to investigate neurobiological and pathophysiological effects of mild to moderate traumatic brain injury. We established a gas-driven, bench-top setup equipped with pressure sensors allowing for reliable and reproducible generation of blast-induced mild to moderate traumatic brain injury.
