Samuel Houle, Zoe Tapp, Shannon Dobres, Sakeef Ahsan, Yvanna Reyes, Christopher Cotter, Jessica Mitsch, Zachary Zimomra, Juan Peng, Rachel K Rowe, Jonathan Lifshitz, John Sheridan, Jonathan Godbout, Olga N Kokiko-Cochran
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes a prolonged inflammatory response in the central nervous system (CNS) driven by microglia. Microglial reactivity is exacerbated by stress, which often provokes sleep disturbances. We have previously shown that sleep fragmentation (SF) stress after experimental TBI increases microglial reactivity and impairs hippocampal function 30 days post-injury (DPI). The neuroimmune response is highly dynamic the first few weeks after TBI, which is also when injury induced sleep-wake deficits are detected...
July 2024: Brain, behavior, & immunity health