Effects of low-level blast exposure on the nervous system: Is there really a controversy?

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Elder, Gregory A ^a,b   Stone, James R ^c,d   Ahlers, Stephen T ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Blast; Human studies; Post traumatic stress disorder; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; BLAST INJURY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLOSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LOW LEVEL BLAST; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VETERAN;

EID: 84920840477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00269     Document Type: Review

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