Name: Video: A Technique to Inflict Closed-Head Traumatic Brain Injury in Drosophila Flies - Concept
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Description: 56 Views. Source: Sun, M., et al. A Novel Method to Model Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Drosophila. J. Vis. Exp. (2017). This video demonstrates a procedure to inflict a closed-head traumatic injury in anesthetized Drosophila flies using a strike device with a gas-propelled impactor. The injury affects neuronal function and impairs walking ability.

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1. Assembly of the Strike Device (Figure 1)
<ol>
	<li>Remove the plunger from a 1 mL tuberculin syringe. Cut the barrel at the 1 mL mark.</li>
	<li>Remove an aerosol barrier (3 mm height x 4 mm diameter) from a 200 &#181;L pipette tip and use it as an impactor. Place the impactor inside the syringe barrel. Gently tap the barrel to move the impactor to the tip end, with the flat side covering the nozzle opening.</li>
	<li>Attach the barrel tip end to plastic tubing that is connected to the carbon dioxide (CO2) flow regulator of a Drosophila anesthesia station.</li>
	<li>Hold the barrel vertically and clamp it to a standard clamp holder stand so that the impactor stays at the bottom of the barrel.</li>
	<li>Modify a 200 &#181;L pipette tip to make the fly holder.
	<ol>
		<li>Cut 4 mm from the tip to make a 0.8 mm-diameter opening, allowing only the fly head to be exposed. 
		&#8203;NOTE: The thorax and all the other parts of the fly body will stay inside the pipette tip.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Modify a 1,000 &#181;L pipette tip and a 1 mL syringe needle cap to make the connector.
	<ol>
		<li>Cut off 44 mm from the opening of the tip. Take a 6 mm length of a 1 mL syringe needle cap and push it tightly into the remaining segment of the 1,000 &#181;L pipette tip.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
</ol>
2. Operation of the Strike Device
<ol>
	<li>Anesthetize a single 2-day-old adult female fly using CO2 on a fly pad.</li>
	<li>Gently transfer it to the fly holder using a fine brush. Tap the holder gently so that the fly head is seen outside of the tip end. If the fly proboscis is exposed outside the tip, gently tuck it back inside the tip with a blunted 1 mL syringe needle. 
	NOTE: Make sure to keep the fly proboscis inside the holder. Otherwise, the fly may die from a sucking proboscis injury.</li>
	<li>Tighten the fly holder to the syringe barrel with the connector so that the fly head is facing downwards.</li>
	<li>Set the gas pressure to 100 kPa. Adjust the flow rate according to the experiment design.</li>
	<li>Quickly turn the flow regulator toggle switch on and off so that the impactor strikes the fly head once.</li>
	<li>Lift the fly holder and move it over a fly pad. Reverse the fly holder and gently tap the side to let the fly out. Leave the fly in an empty vial to recover.</li>
</ol>

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			<td>Aerosol Barrier</td>
			<td>USA Scientific</td>
			<td>1120-8810</td>
			<td>Used as an impactor</td>
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			<td>200 ul Pipette Tip</td>
			<td>USA Scientific</td>
			<td>1111-0706</td>
			<td>Used as a fly head holder</td>
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			<td>1000 ul Pipette Tip</td>
			<td>USA Scientific</td>
			<td>1122-1830</td>
			<td>Used as a connector</td>
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			<td>1 ml Tuberculin Syringe</td>
			<td>Becton Dickinson</td>
			<td>309625</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>60 mm Petri Dishes</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>FB0875713A</td>
			<td>Used as a tracking arenas</td>
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			<td>Flow Regulator</td>
			<td>Genesee Scientific</td>
			<td>59-122WC</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Standard Clamp Holder/stand</td>
			<td>EISCO Scientific</td>
			<td>CH0688</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Fine Brush</td>
			<td>Genesee Scientific</td>
			<td>59-204</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Flypad</td>
			<td>Genesee Scientific</td>
			<td>59-114</td>
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a technique to inflict closed-head traumatic brain injury in drosophila flies

Source: Sun, M., et al. <a href="https://app-jove-com.bdigitaluss.remotexs.co/v/55602">A Novel Method to Model Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Drosophila.</a> J. Vis. Exp. (2017).
This video demonstrates a procedure to inflict a closed-head traumatic injury in anesthetized Drosophila flies using a strike device with a gas-propelled impactor. The injury affects neuronal function and impairs walking ability.

<img alt="Figure 1" src="/files/ftp_upload/23073/23073_Figure1.jpg" /> 
Figure 1. Diagram of the Strike Device. The device used materials that are readily available in a Drosophila lab: 1) 200 &#181;L pipette tip, 2) 1 mL tuberculin syringe, 3) impactor, 4) connecting tube hooked to a Drosophila anesthesia station, and 5) connector to tighten the tip onto the syringe.

A Technique to Inflict Closed-Head Traumatic Brain Injury in Drosophila Flies

1. Assembly of the Strike Device (Figure 1)

	Remove the plunger from a 1 mL tuberculin syringe. Cut the barrel at the 1 mL mark.
	Remove an aerosol ...

Take control and test adult Drosophila flies under anesthesia.
Place the test fly in a holder and gently tap it to position the fly&#39;s head outside the tip. Ensure the fly&#39;s mouthparts and body remain inside the holder to avoid non-target injuries.
Attach the holder to a strike device with the fly&#39;s head facing downward.
The device is connected to a controlled gas supply and contains a gas-propelled impactor to inflict injury.
Deliver a gas burst to propel the impactor and strike the fly&#39;s head, inducing a closed-head traumatic brain injury without external damage.
The resulting mechanical stress damages neurons, impairing their function.&#160;&#160;
Detach the holder to release the fly, then transfer it to a vial for recovery.
For the control fly, apply a gas burst without striking it with the impactor.
The control and test flies are now ready to assess the impact of the injury.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;

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56 Views. Source: Sun, M., et al. A Novel Method to Model Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Drosophila. J. Vis. Exp. (2017). This video demonstrates a procedure to inflict a closed-head traumatic injury in anesthetized Drosophila flies using a strike device with a gas-propelled impactor. The injury affects neuronal function and impairs walking ability. 

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A Technique to Inflict Closed-Head Traumatic Brain Injury in Drosophila Flies

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A Technique to Inflict Closed-Head Traumatic Brain Injury in Drosophila Flies

Investigating Alterations in Caecum Microbiota After Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice

Assessing Changes in Synaptic Plasticity Using an Awake Closed-Head Injury Model of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Rat Model of Closed-Head Mild Traumatic Injury and its Validation