Biophysical mechanisms of traumatic brain injuries

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-11

  Young, Lee Ann ^a   Rule, Gregory T ^a   Bocchieri, Robert T ^a   Burns, Jennie M ^a  

^a APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

acceleration; ballistic; blast; blunt trauma; diffuse axonal injury; physics; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTUSION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LACERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL INJURY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN INJURIES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84923676130     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: 10989021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1544242     Document Type: Article

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