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Pre-Procedural Considerations and Post-Procedural Care for Animal Models with Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury

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Pre-Clinical and Clinical Methods in Brain Trauma Research

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In vivo models of traumatic brain injury (TBI) are powerful means of examining the progression and sequelae after neurologic injury at the cellular and molecular level. Drafting the animal use protocol, acquiring animals, and preparing the animals for the procedure must be considered in advance of the start of the actual study. The provision of supportive care in the post-procedure period cannot be overlooked as a critical component of experimental success. This chapter introduces these topics to the researcher studying TBI in animal models.

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  2. Department of Animal Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

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  3. Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

    Samer M. Jaber

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Robinson, M.A., Jaber, S.M., Piotrowski, S.L., Gomez, T.H. (2018). Pre-Procedural Considerations and Post-Procedural Care for Animal Models with Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury. In: Srivastava, A., Cox, C. (eds) Pre-Clinical and Clinical Methods in Brain Trauma Research. Neuromethods, vol 139. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8564-7_10

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