Close-range blast exposure is associated with altered functional connectivity in Veterans independent of concussion symptoms at time of exposure

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 911-922

  Robinson, Meghan E ^a   Lindemer, Emily R ^a   Fonda, Jennifer R ^a   Milberg, William P ^a,b   Mcglinchey, Regina E ^a,b   Salat, David H ^a,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast injuries; FMRI; Mild traumatic brain injury; Traumatic brain injury; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTOME; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SLEEP QUALITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VETERAN; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VETERANS;

EID: 84922830194     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22675     Document Type: Article

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