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Aiyede M, Lim XY, Russell AAM, Patel RP, Gueven N, Howells DW, Bye N. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Therapeutic Efficacy of Heparin and Low Molecular Weight Heparins in Animal Studies of Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma 2023; 40:4-21. [PMID: 35880422 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2022.0020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The identification of effective pharmacotherapies for traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a major challenge. Treatment with heparin and its derivatives is associated with neuroprotective effects after experimental TBI; however, the optimal dosage and method of administration, modes of action, and effects on hemorrhage remain unclear. Therefore, this review aimed to systematically evaluate, analyze, and summarize the available literature on the use of heparin and low molecular weight heparins (LMWHs) as treatment options for experimental TBI. We searched two online databases (PubMed and ISI Web of Science) to identify relevant studies. Data pertaining to TBI paradigm, animal subjects, drug administration, and all pathological and behavior outcomes were extracted. Eleven studies met our pre-specified inclusion criteria, and for outcomes with sufficient numbers, data from seven publications were analyzed in a weighted mean difference meta-analysis using a random-effects model. Study quality and risk of bias were also determined. Meta-analysis revealed that heparin and its derivatives decreased brain edema, leukocyte rolling, and vascular permeability, and improved neurological function. Further, treatment did not aggravate hemorrhage. These findings must be interpreted with caution, however, because they were determined from a limited number of studies with substantial heterogeneity. Also, overall study quality was low based on absences of data reporting, and potential publication bias was identified. Importantly, we found that there are insufficient data to evaluate the variables we had hoped to investigate. The beneficial effects of heparin and LMWHs, however, suggest that further pre-clinical studies are warranted.
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- Mimieveshiofuo Aiyede
- School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Herbal Medicine Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Cramer SW, Pino IP, Naik A, Carlson D, Park MC, Darrow DP. Mapping spreading depolarisations after traumatic brain injury: a pilot clinical study protocol. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e061663. [PMID: 35831043 PMCID: PMC9280885 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Cortical spreading depolarisation (CSD) is characterised by a near-complete loss of the ionic membrane potential of cortical neurons and glia propagating across the cerebral cortex, which generates a transient suppression of spontaneous neuronal activity. CSDs have become a recognised phenomenon that imparts ongoing secondary insults after brain injury. Studies delineating CSD generation and propagation in humans after traumatic brain injury (TBI) are lacking. Therefore, this study aims to determine the feasibility of using a multistrip electrode array to identify CSDs and characterise their propagation in space and time after TBI. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This pilot, prospective observational study will enrol patients with TBI requiring therapeutic craniotomy or craniectomy. Subdural electrodes will be placed for continuous electrocorticography monitoring for seizures and CSDs as a research procedure, with surrogate informed consent obtained preoperatively. The propagation of CSDs relative to structural brain pathology will be mapped using reconstructed CT and electrophysiological cross-correlations. The novel use of multiple subdural strip electrodes in conjunction with brain morphometric segmentation is hypothesised to provide sufficient spatial information to characterise CSD propagation across the cerebral cortex and identify cortical foci giving rise to CSDs. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute's ethics committee, HSR 17-4400, 25 October 2017 to present. Study findings will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals and presented at scientific conferences. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT03321370.
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- Samuel W Cramer
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Champaign, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Medical School Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Division of Neurosurgery, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Robinson D, Hartings J, Foreman B. First Report of Spreading Depolarization Correlates on Scalp EEG Confirmed with a Depth Electrode. Neurocrit Care 2021; 35:100-104. [PMID: 34617254 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-021-01360-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- David Robinson
- Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 234 Goodman Street, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Collaborative for Research On Acute Neurological Injuries, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 234 Goodman Street, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Collaborative for Research On Acute Neurological Injuries, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Zhou Y, Fan R, Botchway BOA, Zhang Y, Liu X. Infliximab Can Improve Traumatic Brain Injury by Suppressing the Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Pathway. Mol Neurobiol 2021; 58:2803-2811. [PMID: 33501626 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-021-02293-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has both high morbidity and mortality rates and can negatively influence physical and mental health, while also causing extreme burden to both individual and society. Hitherto, there is no effective treatment for TBI because of the complexity of the brain anatomy and physiology. Currently, management strategies mainly focus on controlling inflammation after TBI. Tumor necrotizing factor alpha (TNF-α) plays a crucial role in neuroinflammation post-TBI. TNF-α acts as the initiator of downstream inflammatory signaling pathways, and its activation can trigger a series of inflammatory reactions. Infliximab is a monoclonal anti-TNF-α antibody that reduces inflammation. Herein, we review the latest findings pertaining to the role of TNF-α and infliximab in TBI. We seek to present a comprehensive clinical application prospect of infliximab in TBI and, thus, discuss potential strategies of infliximab in treating TBI.
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- Yiru Zhou
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical College, Shaoxing City, China
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- School of Life Science, Shaoxing University, Shaoxing City, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical College, Shaoxing City, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical College, Shaoxing City, China.
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Hartings JA, Andaluz N, Bullock MR, Hinzman JM, Mathern B, Pahl C, Puccio A, Shutter LA, Strong AJ, Vagal A, Wilson JA, Dreier JP, Ngwenya LB, Foreman B, Pahren L, Lingsma H, Okonkwo DO. Prognostic Value of Spreading Depolarizations in Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. JAMA Neurol 2020; 77:489-499. [PMID: 31886870 DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.4476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Importance Advances in treatment of traumatic brain injury are hindered by the inability to monitor pathological mechanisms in individual patients for targeted neuroprotective treatment. Spreading depolarizations, a mechanism of lesion development in animal models, are a novel candidate for clinical monitoring in patients with brain trauma who need surgery. Objective To test the null hypothesis that spreading depolarizations are not associated with worse neurologic outcomes. Design, Setting, and Participants This prospective, observational, multicenter cohort study was conducted from February 2009 to August 2013 in 5 level 1 trauma centers. Consecutive patients who required neurological surgery for treatment of acute brain trauma and for whom research consent could be obtained were enrolled; participants were excluded because of technical problems in data quality, patient withdrawal, or loss to follow-up. Primary statistical analysis took place from April to December 2018. Evaluators of outcome assessments were blinded to other measures. Interventions A 6-contact electrode strip was placed on the brain surface during surgery for continuous electrocorticography during intensive care. Main Outcomes and Measures Electrocorticography was scored for depolarizations, following international consensus procedures. Six-month outcomes were assessed by the Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended score. Results A total of 157 patients were initially enrolled; 19 were subsequently excluded. The 138 remaining patients (104 men [75%]; median [interquartile range] age, 45 [29-64] years) underwent a median (interquartile range) of 75.5 (42.2-117.1) hours of electrocorticography. A total of 2837 spreading depolarizations occurred in 83 of 138 patients (60.1% incidence) who, compared with patients who did not have spreading depolarizations, had lower prehospital systolic blood pressure levels (mean [SD], 133 [31] mm Hg vs 146 [33] mm Hg; P = .03), more traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (depolarization incidences of 17 of 37 [46%], 18 of 32 [56%], 22 of 33 [67%], and 23 of 30 patients [77%] for Morris-Marshall Grades 0, 1, 2, and 3/4, respectively; P = .047), and worse radiographic pathology (in 38 of 73 patients [52%] and 42 of 60 patients [70%] for Rotterdam Scores 2-4 vs 5-6, respectively; P = .04). Of patients with depolarizations, 32 of 83 (39%) had only sporadic events that induced cortical spreading depression of spontaneous electrical activity, whereas 51 of 83 patients (61%) exhibited temporal clusters of depolarizations (≥3 in a 2-hour span). Nearly half of those with clusters (23 of 51 [45%]) also had depolarizations in an electrically silent area of the cortex (isoelectric spreading depolarization). Patients with clusters did not improve in motor neurologic examinations from presurgery to postelectrocorticography, while other patients did improve. In multivariate ordinal regression adjusting for baseline prognostic variables, the occurrence of depolarization clusters had an odds ratio of 2.29 (95% CI, 1.13-4.65; P = .02) for worse outcomes. Conclusions and Relevance In this cohort study of patients with acute brain trauma, spreading depolarizations were predominant but heterogeneous and independently associated with poor neurologic recovery. Monitoring the occurrence of spreading depolarizations may identify patients most likely to benefit from targeted management strategies.
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- Jed A Hartings
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.,Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.,Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Departments of Neurology, Experimental Neurology, and Neurosurgery and Centre for Stroke Research, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.,Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.,Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Public Health, Centre for Medical Decision Making, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Stevens RD, Koehler RC. Pathophysiological Insights into Spreading Depolarization in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurocrit Care 2020; 30:569-571. [PMID: 30877553 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-019-00705-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Robert D Stevens
- Division of Neurosciences Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe St., Phipps 455, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA. .,Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. .,Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. .,Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. .,Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Soldozy S, Sharifi KA, Desai B, Giraldo D, Yeghyayan M, Liu L, Norat P, Sokolowski JD, Yağmurlu K, Park MS, Tvrdik P, Kalani MYS. Cortical Spreading Depression in the Setting of Traumatic Brain Injury. World Neurosurg 2019; 134:50-57. [PMID: 31655239 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.10.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Revised: 10/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Cortical spreading depression (CSD) is a pathophysiologic phenomenon that describes an expanding wave of depolarization within the cortical gray matter. Originally described over 70 years ago, this spreading depression disrupts neuronal and glial ionic equilibrium, leading to increased energy demands that can cause a metabolic crisis. This results in secondary insult, further perpetuating brain injury and neuronal death. Initially not thought to be of clinical significance, the view of CSD was modified with the advent of intracranial electroencephalography, or electrocorticography. With these improved monitoring techniques, CSD has been identified as a major mechanism by which traumatic brain injury (TBI) imparts its negative sequalae. TBI is a heterogenous disease process that runs the gamut of clinical presentations. This includes concussion, epidural and subdural hematoma, diffuse axonal injury, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Nonetheless, CSD appears to be frequently occurring among the various types of TBI, thus allowing for the potential development of targeted therapies in an otherwise ill-fated patient cohort. Although a complete understanding of the interplay between CSD and TBI has not yet been achieved, the authors recount the efforts that have been employed over the last several decades in an effort to bridge this gap. In addition, our current understanding of the role neuroimmune cells play in CSD is discussed in the context of TBI. Finally, current therapeutic strategies using CSD as a pharmacologic target are explored with respect to their clinical use in patients with TBI.
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- Sauson Soldozy
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA; Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA; Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA; Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA; Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
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