Links between traumatic brain injury and ballistic pressure waves originating in the thoracic cavity and extremities

Brain Injury

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 657-662

  Courtney, Amy ^a   Courtney, Michael ^b  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^b Ballistics Testing Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic pressure wave; Gunshot wound; Mild TBI

Indexed keywords

MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

BALLISTICS; CONCUSSION; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE MODEL; EPILEPSY; FORCE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INJURY SEVERITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK WAVE; THORACIC CAVITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 34547544606     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050701481571     Document Type: Review

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