Abstract:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health concern particularly in adolescents who have a higher mortality and incidence of visual pathway injury compared to adult patients. Likewise, we have found disparities between adult and adolescent TBI outcomes in rodents. Most interestingly, adolescents suffer a prolonged apneic period immediately post injury leading to higher mortality; so, we implemented a brief oxygen exposure paradigm to circumvent this increased mortality. Adolescent male mice experienc… Show more
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