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Methamphetamine exacerbates pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury at high altitude. Neuroprotective effects of nanodelivery of a potent antioxidant compound H-290/51
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Number of Authors: 142021 (English)In: Progress in Brain Research, ISSN 0079-6123, E-ISSN 1875-7855, Vol. 266, p. 123-193Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Military personnel are often exposed to high altitude (HA, ca. 4500–5000 m) for combat operations associated with neurological dysfunctions. HA is a severe stressful situation and people frequently use methamphetamine (METH) or other psychostimulants to cope stress. Since military personnel are prone to different kinds of traumatic brain injury (TBI), in this review we discuss possible effects of METH on concussive head injury (CHI) at HA based on our own observations. METH exposure at HA exacerbates pathophysiology of CHI as compared to normobaric laboratory environment comparable to sea level. Increased blood-brain barrier (BBB) breakdown, edema formation and reductions in the cerebral blood flow (CBF) following CHI were exacerbated by METH intoxication at HA. Damage to cerebral microvasculature and expression of beta catenin was also exacerbated following CHI in METH treated group at HA. TiO2-nanowired delivery of H-290/51 (150 mg/kg, i.p.), a potent chain-breaking antioxidant significantly enhanced CBF and reduced BBB breakdown, edema formation, beta catenin expression and brain pathology in METH exposed rats after CHI at HA. These observations are the first to point out that METH exposure in CHI exacerbated brain pathology at HA and this appears to be related with greater production of oxidative stress induced brain pathology, not reported earlier.

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2021. Vol. 266, p. 123-193
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High altitude, Brain pathology, Methamphetamine, Traumatic brain injury, Brain edema, Cerebral blood flow, Antioxidant, Nanowired delivery, H-290/51, Military medicine
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-202664DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2021.06.008ISI: 000750010200005PubMedID: 34689858OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-202664DiVA, id: diva2:1644377
Available from: 2022-03-14 Created: 2022-03-14 Last updated: 2022-03-14Bibliographically approved

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