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SUBMITTER: Awwad HO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4470265 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Awwad Hibah O HO Gonzalez Larry P LP Tompkins Paul P Lerner Megan M Brackett Daniel J DJ Awasthi Vibhudutta V Standifer Kelly M KM
Frontiers in neurology 20150617
Physiological alterations, anxiety, and cognitive disorders are strongly associated with blast-induced traumatic brain injury (blast TBI), and are common symptoms in service personnel exposed to blasts. Since 2006, 25,000-30,000 new TBI cases are diagnosed annually in U.S. Service members; increasing evidence confirms that primary blast exposure causes diffuse axonal injury and is often accompanied by altered behavioral outcomes. Behavioral and acute metabolic effects resulting from blast to the ...[more]