Citation

Osier N, Dixon CE. Methods Mol. Biol. 2016; 1462: 177-192.

Affiliation

V.A. Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, 15240, USA. dixonec@upmc.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/978-1-4939-3816-2_11

PMID

27604719

Abstract

Controlled cortical impact (CCI) is a commonly used and highly regarded model of brain trauma that uses a pneumatically or electromagnetically controlled piston to induce reproducible and well-controlled injury. The CCI model was originally used in ferrets and it has since been scaled for use in many other species. This chapter will describe the historical development of the CCI model, compare and contrast the pneumatic and electromagnetic models, and summarize key short- and long-term consequences of TBI that have been gleaned using this model. In accordance with the recent efforts to promote high-quality evidence through the reporting of common data elements (CDEs), relevant study details-that should be reported in CCI studies-will be noted.

Language: en