@article{ref1,
title="A coordinated action of blood-borne and brain insulin-like growth factor I in the response to traumatic brain injury",
journal="Cerebral cortex",
year="2018",
author="Santi, A. and Genis, L. and Torres Aleman, I.",
volume="28",
number="6",
pages="2007-2014",
abstract="In response to injury, the brain produces different neuroprotective molecules, such as insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I). However, IGF-I is also taken up by the brain from the circulation in response to physiological stimuli. Herein, we analyzed in mice the relative contribution of circulating and locally produced IGF-I to increased brain IGF-I levels after insult. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) induced by a controlled impact resulted in increased IGF-I levels in the vicinity of the lesion, but mice with low serum IGF-I showed significantly lower increases. Indeed, in normal mice, peripheral IGF-I accumulated at the lesion site after injury, and at the same time serum IGF-I levels decreased. Collectively, these data suggest that serum IGF-I enter into the brain after TBI and contributes to increased brain IGF-I levels at the injury site. This connection between central and circulating IGF-I provides an amenable route for treatment, as subcutaneous administration of IGF-I to TBI mice led to functional recovery. These latter results add further support to the use of systemic IGF-I or its mimetics for treatment of brain injuries.<br><br>© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1047-3211",
doi="10.1093/cercor/bhx106",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhx106"
}