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Male Sprague-Dawley rats received four unilateral mild (6 m\/s; 0.5 mm depth) controlled cortical impacts (CCI), centered 4 mm posterior and 3\u20134 mm lateral to the bregma, administered at five-day intervals. The animals\u2019 weights were monitored throughout the study. We tested the rats for anxiety-like (elevated plus maze, open field test), depression-like (forced swim test), locomotor (rotarod, open field test), and spatial learning and memory (Morris water maze (MWM)) behavioral deficits. Overall, a mild behavioral phenotype was observed. Significant deficits were observed with the MWM, indicating that our injury model disrupts spatial learning and memory. An interesting aspect of these data is a directional\/visual component to the spatial learning and memory deficits dependent on the zone in which the trial began. With the injury being unilateral, there may be an imbalance in visual acuity that contributes to the observed deficits. Analysis of weight gain data demonstrated that rmTBI reduces weight during the period while injuries are occurring. This may represent another measure that can be tracked to determine injury severity and recovery. RNA-seq analysis demonstrated that gene expression at the chronic endpoint could distinguish between the experimental groups even with a mild behavioral phenotype. 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