Blast overpressure induces shear-related injuries in the brain of rats exposed to a mild traumatic brain injury

Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sosa, Miguel A Gama ^a,b   De Gasperi, Rita ^a,b   Paulino, Alejandro J ^a,b   Pricop, Paul E ^a,b   Shaughness, Michael C ^c   Maudlin Jeronimo, Eric ^c   Hall, Aaron A ^c   Janssen, William G M ^b   Yuk, Frank J ^b   Dorr, Nathan P ^a,b   Dickstein, Dara L ^b   McCarron, Richard M ^c   Chavko, Mikulas ^c   Hof, Patrick R ^b   Ahlers, Stephen T ^c   Elder, Gregory A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast overpressure injury; Neuropathology; Shear injury; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 85005765072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20515960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2051-5960-1-51     Document Type: Article

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