Traumatic brain injuries have long affected military service members, with the Department of Defense reporting nearly 516,000 ...

May 5, 2009 (Seattle, Washington) — For the first time, a new imaging study that employs diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) shows that veterans who sustain mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) caused ...

A team of researchers from APL and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is developing next-generation brain organoid platforms to better understand the effects of mild blast-induced ...

A RAND Corp. study in 2008 estimated that IED blast events were so frequent that perhaps 320,000 troops may have suffered mild TBI. Authors of the study say the best way to confirm changes in the ...

However, blast-induced injuries can be hard to diagnose because they don’t leave signs that can be detected during an exam, even when using advanced medical imaging.

“By combining studies in human postmortem brain tissue, from rodent models of blast TBI, and from human brain imaging, we get a clearer view of the relationship between blast TBI and glymphatic ...

It's well known that TBI is a risk factor for later Alzheimer's disease. But what about blast exposure without contact injury? New research suggested it also increases the risk.

The Q30 Innovations Q Collar is under evaluations by the U.S. Army for help reducing traumatic brain injury cased by blast weapons. (Q30 Innovations) LAS VEGAS — A device used by professional ...

Other project goals include improving brain injury detection tools, as well as designing and implementing a blast monitoring program to track exposure among at-risk service members.

The effect of traumatic brain injury on learning and memory: A synaptic focus. The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry , 31 (2), 195–214. https ...

Traumatic brain injury multiplies the risk of major depression eightfold. While the emotional trauma of whatever caused such deep damage may be understandable, from a blast in a war zone to a blow ...

Nicole Herling speaks to a reporter about her brother’s traumatic brain injury, which researchers believe was “likely” caused by exposure to blasts during his experience in the Army Reserves.