Low-level blast exposure disrupts gliovascular and neurovascular connections and induces a chronic vascular pathology in rat brain

Abstract Much concern exists over the role of blast-induced traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the chronic cognitive and mental health problems that develop in veterans and active duty military personnel. The brain vasculature is particularly sensitive to blast injury. The aim of this study was to char...

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Main Authors: Miguel A. Gama Sosa, Rita De Gasperi, Georgina S. Perez Garcia, Gissel M. Perez, Courtney Searcy, Danielle Vargas, Alicia Spencer, Pierce L. Janssen, Anna E. Tschiffely, Richard M. McCarron, Benjamin Ache, Rajaram Manoharan, William G. Janssen, Susan J. Tappan, Russell W. Hanson, Sam Gandy, Patrick R. Hof, Stephen T. Ahlers, Gregory A. Elder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Acta Neuropathologica Communications
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40478-018-0647-5