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 …

Getting on the same page: consolidating terminology to facilitate cross-disciplinary health-related blast research

JN Belding, M Egnoto, RM Englert… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The consequences of blast exposure (including both high-level and low-level blast) have
been a focal point of military interest and research for years. Recent mandates from …

High lifetime blast exposure using the blast exposure threshold survey is associated with worse warfighter brain health following mild traumatic brain injury

RT Lange, LM French, SM Lippa, K Gillow… - Journal of …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
The purpose of this study was to extend previous research by examining the relationship
between lifetime blast exposure and neurobehavioral functioning after mild TBI (MTBI) by (a) …

Occupational risk of low-level blast exposure and TBI-related medical diagnoses: a population-based epidemiological investigation (2005–2015)

JN Belding, R Englert, J Bonkowski… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Because traumatic brain injury (TBI)—most often caused by exposure to high-level blast
(HLB)—is a leading cause of medical evacuations of deployed US service members in …

[HTML][HTML] Single and repeated high-level blast, low-level blast, and new-onset self-reported health conditions in the US Millennium Cohort Study: An exploratory …

JN Belding, CA Kolaja, RP Rull, DW Trone - Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Although previous research suggests that overpressure exposure from either
high-level blast (HLB) or low-level blast (LLB) are harmful to health, to date no large-scale …

Effects of blast exposure on psychiatric and health symptoms in combat veterans

SL Martindale, AS Ord, LG Rule, JA Rowland - Journal of psychiatric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Blast exposure is common among service members, but the chronic psychiatric effects
associated with blast exposure are not well-characterized independent of a resulting mild …

Long-term effects of repeated blast exposure in United States Special Operations Forces personnel: a pilot study protocol

BL Edlow, YG Bodien, T Baxter, HG Belanger… - Journal of …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Emerging evidence suggests that repeated blast exposure (RBE) is associated with brain
injury in military personnel. United States (US) Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel …

Low-intensity blast induces acute glutamatergic hyperexcitability in mouse hippocampus leading to long-term learning deficits and altered expression of proteins …

S Chen, HR Siedhoff, H Zhang, P Liu… - Neurobiology of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Neurocognitive consequences of blast-induced traumatic brain injury (bTBI) pose significant
concerns for military service members and veterans with the majority of “invisible injury.” …

Associations between concussion and more severe TBIs, mild cognitive impairment, and early-onset dementia among military retirees over 40 years

JN Belding, J Bonkowski, R Englert… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background and objectives As the population of US service members (SMs) who have
sustained concussions and more severe traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) during military …

Silent struggles: traumatic brain injuries and mental health in law enforcement

JB Caccese, CR Smith, NA Edwards… - The Journal of Head …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To determine the prevalence of head injuries (HIs), posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD), and depressive symptoms in law enforcement officers (LEOs) and (2) the …