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A Mouse Model of Single and Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
 

A Mouse Model of Single and Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Article DOI: 10.3791/55713 04:19 min June 20th, 2017
June 20th, 2017

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Athletes absorb several hundred mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI)/concussions every year; however, the consequence of these on the brain is poorly understood. Therefore, an animal model of single and repetitive mTBI that consistently replicates clinically relevant symptoms provides the means to advance the study of mTBI and concussion.

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