Blast exposure causes early and persistent aberrant phospho- and cleaved-tau expression in a murine model of mild blast-induced traumatic brain injury

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 309-323

  Huber, Bertrand R ^a   Meabon, James S ^a,b   Martin, Tobin J ^a   Mourad, Pierre D ^b,c,d   Bennett, Raymond ^e   Kraemer, Brian C ^a,b   Cernak, Ibolja ^f   Petrie, Eric C ^a,b   Emery, Michael J ^a   Swenson, Erik R ^a,c   Mayer, Cynthia ^a   Mehic, Edin ^d   Peskind, Elaine R ^a,b   Cook, David G ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

^e BAKER ENGINEERING AND RISK CONSULTANTS INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blast induced neurotrauma; brain trauma; cerebellum; mitochondrial oxidative stress; neurodegeneration; tauopathy

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BLAST OVERPRESSURE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; GAS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJURY SEVERITY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSOR; SHOCK WAVE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOSPHORYLATION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84883813307     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-130182     Document Type: Article

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