Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in blast-exposed military veterans and a blast neurotrauma mouse model

LE Goldstein, AM Fisher, CA Tagge, XL Zhang… - Science translational …, 2012 - science.org
Blast exposure is associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI), neuropsychiatric symptoms,
and long-term cognitive disability. We examined a case series of postmortem brains from US …

Brain and blood biomarkers of tauopathy and neuronal injury in humans and rats with neurobehavioral syndromes following blast exposure

DL Dickstein, R De Gasperi, MA Gama Sosa… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a risk factor for the later development of neurodegenerative
diseases that may have various underlying pathologies. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy …

Blast-related traumatic brain injury: current concepts and research considerations

DW Bryden, JI Tilghman… - Journal of experimental …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a well-known consequence of participation in activities such
as military combat or collision sports. But the wide variability in eliciting circumstances and …

A mouse model of blast injury to brain: initial pathological, neuropathological, and behavioral characterization

VE Koliatsos, I Cernak, L Xu, Y Song… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The increased use of explosives in recent wars has increased the number of veterans with
blast injuries. Of particular interest is blast injury to the brain, and a key question is whether …

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 …

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 …

Combat blast related traumatic brain injury (TBI): decade of recognition; promise of progress

RG DePalma, SW Hoffman - Behavioural brain research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Between April 2007 and December 2015, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
screened one million combat veterans for traumatic brain injury (TBI), among 2.6 million …

Characteristics of an explosive blast-induced brain injury in an experimental model

NC De Lanerolle, F Bandak, D Kang… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Mild traumatic brain injury resulting from exposure to an explosive blast is associated with
significant neurobehavioral outcomes in soldiers. Little is known about the neuropathologic …

Neuropathology in chronic traumatic encephalopathy: a systematic review of comparative post-mortem histology literature

HC Murray, C Osterman, P Bell, L Vinnell… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2022 - Springer
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with
repetitive head trauma and is characterised by the perivascular accumulation of …

Neurological effects of repeated blast exposure in Special Operations personnel

JR Stone, BB Avants, NJ Tustison, J Gill… - Journal of …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Exposure to blast overpressure has been a pervasive feature of combat-related injuries.
Studies exploring the neurological correlates of repeated low-level blast exposure in career …