Abstract: | 1 IntroductionTraumatic brain injury (TBI) can produce chronic cognitive learning/memory deficits that are thought to be mediated, in part, by impaired hippocampal function. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), its signal transduction receptor trkB and its downstream effector synapsin I are involved in this period. BDNF, trkB and the slope of field excitatory post-synaptic potential(fEPSP) were measured in the hippocampus of rat after fluid percussion brain injury (FPI). Isofluorane anaesthe- tizeed 50... |