title: BDNF polymorphism predicts general intelligence after penetrating traumatic brain injury.
abstract: Neuronal plasticity is a fundamental factor in cognitive outcome following traumatic brain injury. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a member of the neurotrophin family, plays an important role in this process. While there are many ways to measure cognitive outcome, general cognitive intelligence is a strong predictor of everyday decision-making, occupational attainment, social mobility and job performance. Thus it is an excellent measure of cognitive outcome following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Although the importance of the single-nucleotide polymorphisms polymorphism on cognitive function has been previously addressed, its role in recovery of general intelligence following TBI is unknown. We genotyped male Caucasian Vietnam combat veterans with focal penetrating TBI (pTBI) (n = 109) and non-head injured controls (n = 38) for 7 BDNF single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Subjects were administrated the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) at three different time periods: pre-injury on induction into the military, Phase II (10-15 years post-injury, and Phase III (30-35 years post-injury). Two single-nucleotide polymorphisms, rs7124442 and rs1519480, were significantly associated with post-injury recovery of general cognitive intelligence with the most pronounced effect at the Phase II time point, indicating lesion-induced plasticity. The genotypes accounted for 5% of the variance of the AFQT scores, independently of other significant predictors such as pre-injury intelligence and percentage of brain volume loss. These data indicate that genetic variations in BDNF play a significant role in lesion-induced recovery following pTBI. Identifying the underlying mechanism of this brain-derived neurotrophic factor effect could provide insight into an important aspect of post-traumatic cognitive recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rostami
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Krueger
authors.forename: Serguei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zoubak
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dal Monte
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Raymont
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pardini
authors.forename: Colin A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hodgkinson
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: Mårten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Risling
authors.forename: Jordan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grafman
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / Q000235:genetics*; D003071:Cognition; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
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