Repeated Low-Level Blast Exposure Alters Urinary and Serum Metabolites [PDF]
Metabolites, 2023 Repeated exposure to low-level blast overpressures can produce biological changes and clinical sequelae that resemble mild traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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The Role of Very Low Level Blast Overpressure in Symptomatology [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2019 Blast overpressure exposure has been linked to transient, but measurably deteriorated performance and symptomatologies in law enforcement and military personnel.
Venkata Siva Sai Sujith Sajja +8 more
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(2R,6R)-Hydroxynorketamine Treatment of Rats Exposed to Repetitive Low-Level Blast Injury [PDF]
Neurotrauma Reports, 2023 Many military veterans who experienced blast-related traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from chronic cognitive and mental health problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Georgina Perez Garcia +13 more
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Single and repeated high-level blast, low-level blast, and new-onset self-reported health conditions in the U.S. Millennium Cohort Study: An exploratory investigation [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 IntroductionAlthough previous research suggests that overpressure exposure from either high-level blast (HLB) or low-level blast (LLB) are harmful to health, to date no large-scale studies with representative samples of military personnel have utilized ...
Jennifer N. Belding +5 more
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Blast exposure and long-term diagnoses among veterans: a millennium cohort study investigation of high-level blast and low-level blast [PDF]
Frontiers in NeurologyBackgroundThe effects of blast overpressure (BOP) on brain health are increasingly recognized, yet longitudinal research into these effects after separation from military service remains limited.
Sarah L. Martindale +11 more
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Long-Term Effects of Low-Level Blast Exposure and High-Caliber Weapons Use in Military Special Operators [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2022 Chronic low-level blast exposure has been linked with neurological alterations and traumatic brain injury (TBI) biomarkers. Impaired smooth-pursuit eye movements (SPEM) are often associated with TBI.
Melissa Hunfalvay +3 more
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Effects of low-level blast exposure on the nervous system: Is there really a controversy? [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2014 High-pressure blast waves can cause extensive CNS injury in humans. However, in combat settings such as Iraq and Afghanistan, lower level exposures associated with mild TBI (mTBI) or subclinical exposure have been much more common. Yet controversy exists
Gregory A Elder +2 more
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Low-level blast exposure induces chronic vascular remodeling, perivascular astrocytic degeneration and vascular-associated neuroinflammation [PDF]
Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 2021 Cerebral vascular injury as a consequence of blast-induced traumatic brain injury is primarily the result of blast wave-induced mechanical disruptions within the neurovascular unit.
Miguel A. Gama Sosa +17 more
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The effects of repeated low-level blast exposure on hearing in marines
Noise and Health, 2017 Background: The study evaluates a group of Military Service Members specialized in blast explosive training called “Breachers” who are routinely exposed to multiple low-level blasts while teaching breaching at the U.S.
Lina R Kubli +4 more
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Repeated Low-Level Blast Overpressure Leads to Endovascular Disruption and Alterations in TDP-43 and Piezo2 in a Rat Model of Blast TBI [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2019 Recent evidence linking repeated low-level blast overpressure exposure in operational and training environments with neurocognitive decline, neuroinflammation, and neurodegenerative processes has prompted concern over the cumulative deleterious effects ...
Lanier Heyburn +12 more
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