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ArticleScientific reports2022

The impact of obesity-related raised intracranial pressure in rodents.

Connar Stanley James Westgate, Snorre Malm Hagen, Ida Marchen Egerod Israelsen, Steffen Hamann, Rigmor Højland Jensen, Sajedeh Eftekhari

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Connar Stanley James Westgate *Department of Neurology, Danish Headache Center, Glostrup Research Institute, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Nordstjernevej 42, 2600, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-5066-8306
Snorre Malm Hagen *Department of Neurology, Danish Headache Center, Glostrup Research Institute, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Nordstjernevej 42, 2600, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-6644-8962
Ida Marchen Egerod IsraelsenDepartment of Neurology, Danish Headache Center, Glostrup Research Institute, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Nordstjernevej 42, 2600, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-9765-0592
Steffen HamannDepartment of Ophthalmology, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-4318-2716
Rigmor Højland JensenDepartment of Neurology, Danish Headache Center, Glostrup Research Institute, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Nordstjernevej 42, 2600, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-6433-5887
Sajedeh EftekhariDepartment of Neurology, Danish Headache Center, Glostrup Research Institute, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Nordstjernevej 42, 2600, Copenhagen, Denmark. Sajedeh.eftekhari@regionh.dk.ORCID 0000-0002-5716-5725
University of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) is observed in many brain disorders. Obesity has been linked to ICP pathogenesis in disorders such as idiopathic intracranial pressure (IIH). We investigated the effect of diet induced obesity (DIO) on ICP and clinically relevant sequelae. Rats were fed either a control or high fat diet. Following weight gain long term ICP, headache behavior, body composition and retinal outcome were examined. Post-hoc analysis of retinal histology and molecular analysis of choroid plexus and trigeminal ganglion (TG) were performed. DIO rats demonstrated raised ICP by 55% which correlated with the abdominal fat percentage and increased non-respiratory slow waves, suggestive of altered cerebral compliance. Concurrently, DIO rats demonstrated a specific cephalic cutaneous allodynia which negatively correlated with the abdominal fat percentage. This sensitivity was associated with increased expression of headache markers in TG. Additionally, DIO rats had increased retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in vivo associated with raised ICP with a subsequent post-hoc demonstration of neuroretinal degeneration. This study demonstrates for the first time that DIO leads to raised ICP and subsequent clinically relevant symptom development. This novel model of non-traumatic raised ICP could expand the knowledge regarding disorders with elevated ICP such as IIH.

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Intracranial HypertensionIntracranial PressureAnimalsHeadacheObesityRatsRodentia

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PMID35650312
PMCPMC9160066
OpenAlexW4281792475

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