Military‐related traumatic brain injury and neurodegeneration

AC McKee, ME Robinson - Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) includes concussion, subconcussion, and most exposures
to explosive blast from improvised explosive devices. mTBI is the most common traumatic …

Traumatic brain injury as a disorder of brain connectivity

JP Hayes, ED Bigler, M Verfaellie - Journal of the International …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Objectives: Recent advances in neuroimaging methodologies sensitive to axonal injury
have made it possible to assess in vivo the extent of traumatic brain injury (TBI)-related …

Detection of blast-related traumatic brain injury in US military personnel

CL Mac Donald, AM Johnson, D Cooper… - New England journal …, 2011 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Blast-related traumatic brain injuries have been common in the Iraq and
Afghanistan wars, but fundamental questions about the nature of these injuries remain …

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) findings in adult civilian, military, and sport-related mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI): a systematic critical review

BM Asken, ST DeKosky, JR Clugston, MS Jaffee… - Brain imaging and …, 2018 - Springer
This review seeks to summarize diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies that have evaluated
structural changes attributed to the mechanisms of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in adult …

The pathobiology of blast injuries and blast-induced neurotrauma as identified using a new experimental model of injury in mice

I Cernak, AC Merkle, VE Koliatsos, JM Bilik… - Neurobiology of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Current experimental models of blast injuries used to study blast-induced neurotrauma
(BINT) vary widely, which makes the comparison of the experimental results extremely …

Cerebrocerebellar hypometabolism associated with repetitive blast exposure mild traumatic brain injury in 12 Iraq war Veterans with persistent post-concussive …

ER Peskind, EC Petrie, DJ Cross, K Pagulayan… - Neuroimage, 2011 - Elsevier
Disagreement exists regarding the extent to which persistent post-concussive symptoms
(PCS) reported by Iraq combat Veterans with repeated episodes of mild traumatic brain …

Brain injuries from blast

CR Bass, MB Panzer, KA Rafaels, G Wood… - Annals of biomedical …, 2012 - Springer
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) from blast produces a number of conundrums. This review
focuses on five fundamental questions including:(1) What are the physical correlates for …

Neurological effects of blast injury

RR Hicks, SJ Fertig, RE Desrocher… - Journal of Trauma …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Over the last few years, thousands of soldiers and an even greater number of civilians have
suffered traumatic injuries due to blast exposure, largely attributed to improvised explosive …

Computational biology—modeling of primary blast effects on the central nervous system

DF Moore, A Jérusalem, M Nyein, L Noels, MS Jaffee… - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Recent military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have highlighted the wartime
effect of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The reason for the prominence of TBI in these particular …

Repetitive blast exposure in mice and combat veterans causes persistent cerebellar dysfunction

JS Meabon, BR Huber, DJ Cross, TL Richards… - Science translational …, 2016 - science.org
Blast exposure can cause mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) in mice and other mammals.
However, there are important gaps in our understanding of the neuropathology underlying …