The problem of axonal injury in the brains of veterans with histories of blast exposure

Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ryu, Jiwon ^a   Horkayne Szakaly, Iren ^b   Xu, Leyan ^a   Pletnikova, Olga ^a   Leri, Francesco ^c   Eberhart, Charles ^a   Troncoso, Juan C ^a   Koliatsos, Vassilis E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Defense Health Agency   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

APP; Axon bulbs; Diffuse axonal injury; Microglia; Opiate; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AIF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APP PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; NERVE FIBER; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATHOLOGY; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; AXONS; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964697590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20515960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40478-014-0153-3     Document Type: Article

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