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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The role of substance P in secondary pathophysiology after traumatic brain injury |
Author: | Vink, R. Gabrielian, L. Thornton, E. |
Citation: | Frontiers in Neurology, 2017; 8(JUN):304-1-304-8 |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
ISSN: | 1664-2295 1664-2295 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Robert Vink, Levon Gabrielian and Emma Thornton |
Abstract: | It has recently been shown that substance P (SP) plays a major role in the secondary injury process following traumatic brain injury (TBI), particularly with respect to neuroinflammation, increased blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability, and edema formation. Edema formation is associated with the development of increased intracranial pressure (ICP) that has been widely associated with increased mortality and morbidity after neurotrauma. However, a pharmacological intervention to specifically reduce ICP is yet to be developed, with current interventions limited to osmotic therapy rather than addressing the cause of increased ICP. Given that previous publications have shown that SP, NK1 receptor antagonists reduce edema after TBI, more recent studies have examined whether these compounds might also reduce ICP and improve brain oxygenation after TBI. We discuss the results of these studies, which demonstrate that NK1 antagonists reduce posttraumatic ICP to near normal levels within 4 h of drug administration, as well as restoring brain oxygenation to near normal levels in the same time frame. The improvements in these parameters occurred in association with an improvement in BBB integrity to serum proteins, suggesting that SP-mediated increases in vascular permeability significantly contribute to the development of increased ICP after acute brain injury. NK1 antagonists may therefore provide a novel, mechanistically targeted approach to the management of increased ICP. |
Keywords: | brain oxygenation edema intracranial pressure sheep model substance P traumatic brain injury |
Rights: | © 2017 Vink, Gabrielian and Thornton. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
DOI: | 10.3389/fneur.2017.00304 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2017.00304 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Psychology publications |
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