Objective　To observe whether the animal model of optic nerve injury in rats can be set up by fluid percussion brain injury device (FPI) or not.Methods　Seventyone healthy female Wister rats were randomly divided into 2 groups, inlcuding model group with 66 rats and control group with 5 rats.The rats in model group were randomly divided into 3 groups. Eight rats in group 1 were examined by flashvisual evoked potential (F-VEP) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examines before and 1, 3 days,1,2,4,6,and 8 weeks after injury; 56 rats in group 2 were randomly divided into 7 subgroups with 8 rats in each subgroup，and were detected by histopathological and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferasemediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) apoptosis examines 1, 3 days, 1,2,4,6,8 weeks after injury；2 rats in group 3 were examined by electron microscopy 4 and 8 weeks after injury.According to the degree of injury, the injured eyes were divided into 2 groups including severe injury group with the beat pressure of （699.14 plusmn;60.79） kPa and mild injury group with the beat pressure of （243.18 plusmn;20.26） kPa.The right and left eyes in rats in each group were in severe and mild injury group, respectively.Results　One day after injury, the latency duration of FVEP prolonged in severe injury group，wich differed much form which in the normal control group (P＜0.05)；the amplitude was gradually reduced during the first 2 weeks after injury and kept steady after that (P＞0.05). The latency duration prolonged in mild injury group,and its difference with the normal control group was statistically significant (P＜0.05)；the amplitude was gradually reduced during the first 4 weeks after injury and kept steady after that (P＞0.05). The abnormal high signal could be seen on optic nerve 1 day after injury, and was still obvious 8 weeks later. The results of histopathological examination showed ruptured capillary in ganglion cell layer 1 day after injury;retinal ganglion cells without nucleus could be seen 4 weeks after injury. The apoptosis of positive cells was found in each layer of the retina 3 days after injury.TUNEL results indicated that the number of apoptotic positive cells increased significantly 1-2 weeks after injury.Conclusion　An animal model of optic nerve injury can be successfully set up using FPI in rats.

Citation： 颜华,张琳琳,李凤荣. 应用液压冲击颅脑损伤仪建立大鼠外伤性视神经损伤动物模型. Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, 2009, 25(4): 301-305. doi: Copy

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