The effect of therapeutic hypothermia on the expression of inflammatory response genes following moderate traumatic brain injury in the rat

The effect of therapeutic hypothermia on the expression of inflammatory response genes following moderate traumatic brain injury in the rat
JS Truettner, T Suzuki, WD Dietrich
Molecular Brain research, 2005

Rats underwent moderate fluid-percussion brain injury with and without hypothermic treatment to detect genes that are differentially regulated after traumatic brain injury. Post-traumatic hypothermia had no significant effect on the acute expression of the majority of genes investigated but, the expression of TGF-beta2 at 24 h was significantly reduced by temperature manipulation.