Beirut ammonium nitrate blast: analysis, review, and recommendations

S Al-Hajj, HR Dhaini, S Mondello, H Kaafarani… - Frontiers in public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A massive chemical detonation occurred on August 4, 2020 in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon.
An uncontrolled fire in an adjacent warehouse ignited~ 2,750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate …

Sex‐related differences in the effects of sports‐related concussion: a review

IK Koerte, V Schultz, VJ Sydnor… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sports‐related concussion is a serious health challenge, and females are at higher risk of
sustaining a sports‐related concussion compared to males. Although there are many studies …

Low-intensity open-field blast exposure effects on neurovascular unit ultrastructure in mice

C Li, S Chen, HR Siedhoff, DA Grant, P Liu… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2023 - Springer
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) induced by low-intensity blast (LIB) is a serious health
problem affecting military service members and veterans. Our previous reports using a …

[HTML][HTML] Animal models of epilepsy: a phenotype-oriented review

Y Wang, P Wei, F Yan, Y Luo, G Zhao - Aging and disease, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epilepsy is a serious neurological disorder characterized by abnormal, recurrent, and
synchronous discharges in the brain. Long-term recurrent seizure attacks can cause serious …

Mechanical injuries of neurons induce tau mislocalization to dendritic spines and tau-dependent synaptic dysfunction

NJ Braun, KR Yao, PW Alford… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is associated with repeated traumatic brain injuries
(TBI) and is characterized by cognitive decline and the presence of neurofibrillary tangles …

PIM kinases and their relevance to the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway in the regulation of ovarian cancer

AUR Aziz, S Farid, K Qin, H Wang, B Liu - Biomolecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Ovarian cancer is a medical term that includes a number of tumors with different molecular
biology, phenotypes, tumor progression, etiology, and even different diagnosis. Some …

Perspectives on primary blast injury of the brain: translational insights into non-inertial low-intensity blast injury

HR Siedhoff, S Chen, H Song, J Cui, I Cernak… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Most traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) during military deployment or training are clinically “mild”
and frequently caused by non-impact blast exposures. Experimental models were …

Proteomic profiling of mouse brains exposed to blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury reveals changes in axonal proteins and phosphorylated tau

M Chen, H Song, J Cui, CE Johnson… - Journal of …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most prevalent form of dementia, is characterized by
two pathological hallmarks: Tau-containing neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid-β protein …

Ultrastructural brain abnormalities and associated behavioral changes in mice after low-intensity blast exposure

H Song, LM Konan, J Cui, CE Johnson… - Behavioural brain …, 2018 - Elsevier
Explosive blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), a “signature wound” of recent
military conflicts, commonly affects service members. While past blast injury studies have …

Roadmap for advancing pre-clinical science in traumatic brain injury

DH Smith, PM Kochanek, S Rosi, R Meyer… - Journal of …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Pre-clinical models of disease have long played important roles in the advancement of new
treatments. However, in traumatic brain injury (TBI), despite the availability of numerous …