Assessing neuro-systemic & behavioral components in the pathophysiology of blast-related brain injury

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 4 NOV, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kobeissy, Firas ^a,b   Mondello, Stefania ^c   Tümer, Nihal ^d   Toklu, Hale Z ^d,e   Whidden, Melissa A ^f   Kirichenko, Nataliya ^d   Zhang, Zhiqun ^a   Prima, Victor ^g   Yassin, Walid ^h   Anagli, John ^g   Chandra, Namas ⁱ   Svetlov, Stan ^g   Wang, Kevin K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BANYAN BIOMARKERS INC   (United States)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

biomarkers; Blast injury; Blast overpressure; Brain injury; Mild TBI; Neuropsychiatry; Neurotrauma; PTSD

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BIOMECHANICS; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84889680931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2013.00186     Document Type: Article

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