Erratum: Traumatic brain injury: An overview of pathobiology with emphasis on military populations (Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (2010) 30 (255-266) DOI:10.1038/jcbfm.2009.203);Traumatic brain injury: An overview of pathobiology with emphasis on military populations

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-266

  Cernak, Ibolja ^a   Noble Haeusslein, Linda J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast injury; Blast induced neurotrauma; Mechanisms; Models; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARMY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXPLOSION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIVER; LUNG; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 76349094923     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2010.37     Document Type: Erratum

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