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All procedures performed were approved by the Experimental Animal Ethics Committee of Zhejiang University. All instruments and materials used in surgery are sterile.&#160;The TBI proceudre takes about 20 minutes.
1. Animal care
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	<li>Use 5- to 6-week-old male C57BL/6J mice (20-25 g of weight) in this experiment.</li>
	<li>Maintain mice on a 12 h/12 h light/dark cycle, and make sure they receive food and water ad libitum. Provide the same amounts of food and water to both the sham and TBI...

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Presented here is a simple and efficient protocol to determine changes in cecal microbiota after TBI in mice. Induction of brain injury and collection of caecum content samples are critical parts of the protocol.
Despite researchers having studied the changes of gut microbiota following TBI, the brain injury used in these studies were CCI-8 and weight drop/impact-induced models9. However, the CCI model mostly replicates brain contusion, and the w...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a global public health problem and the leading cause of death and disability in young adults1,2. TBI causes many deaths every year, and survivors experience a variety of physical, psychiatric, emotional, and cognitive disabilities. Therefore, TBI is a heavy burden to a patient's family and societal resources. TBI involves both the primary brain injury that occurs at the time of trauma and any secondary brain injuries that develop hours to months following initial injury. Secondary brain injury is mediated by several biochemical cascades, which are not only detrimental to the brain but also have significant negative effects on various organ systems, including the gastrointestinal system3.
Currently, there are three models to induce TBI in animal experiments: fluid percussion injury, control cortical impact (CCI), and weight drop acceleration. Lateral fluid percussion injury (LFPI) is the most commonly used model to establish diffuse brain injury (DAI)4. The device produces brain injury through a craniectomy by applying a brief fluid pressure pulse to the intact dura. This pulse is created by the strike of the pendulum. LFPI is a reproducible and controllable modeling method for TBI research. 
The microbiome is defined as the collective genomes of all microorganisms that reside in the human body. Intestinal microbes in particular not only play an important role in intestinal homeostasis and function but also regulate many aspects of host physiology and the functioning of other organs5. In recent years, there is increasing evidence that indicates that gut microbiota regulate brain development and function via brain-gut axes6. Disruption of the gut microbiota has been linked to several brain function disorders including Parkinson's disease, mood disorders, and autism7. Recently, preclinical studies have also reported that acute brain injury can induce changes in gut microbiota8,9. 
A study by Treangen et al.10 found significant decreases in three microbial species and increases in two microbial species after CCI-induced TBI. This evidence indicates that modulation of gut microbiota may be a therapeutic method in TBI management. However, the mechanisms underlying brain injury-induced gut microbiota changes remain unknown. For this reason, a relatively simple and efficient model of studying the changes in gut microbiota after TBI is required. Therefore, the present study presents a protocol to examine alterations in gut microbiota after TBI in mice.

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investigating alterations in caecum microbiota after traumatic brain injury in mice

Increasing evidence shows that the microbiota-gut-brain axis plays an important role in the pathogenesis of brain diseases. Several studies also demonstrate that traumatic brain injuries cause changes to the gut microbiota. However, mechanisms underlying the bidirectional regulation of the brain-gut axis remain unknown. Currently, few models exist for studying the changes in gut microbiota after traumatic brain injury. Therefore, the presented study combines protocols for inducing traumatic brain injury using a lateral fluid percussion device and analysis of caecum samples following injury for investigating alterations in the gut microbiome. Alterations of the gut microbiota composition after traumatic brain injury are determined using 16S-rDNA sequencing. This protocol provides an effective method for studying the relationships between enteric microorganisms and traumatic brain injury.

Establishment of TBI is shown in Figure 1. After anesthesia and disinfection, the scalp was incised sagittally (Figure 1A). A craniotomy (3 mm in diameter) was trephined into the skull over the right parietal cortex with an electric drill, the dura was kept intact (Figure 1B,C). A plastic injury cannula was placed over the bone window and cemented to the skull using dental acrylic (<...

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Investigating Alterations in Caecum Microbiota After Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice

Presented here is a protocol to induce diffuse traumatic brain injury using a lateral fluid percussion device followed by the collection of the caecum content for gut microbiome analysis.

Increasing evidence shows that the microbiota-gut-brain axis plays an important role in the pathogenesis of brain diseases. Several studies also ...

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