June 3, 2011 — In a new study of military personnel with blast-related subacute traumatic brain injury sustained during combat, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) detected abnormalities consistent with ...

Explosions can damage brain cells and blood vessels even when scans look normal, leaving lasting symptoms that are often missed.

Traumatic brain injuries have long affected military service members, with the Department of Defense reporting nearly 516,000 cases worldwide from 2000 to 2024. "The cumulative effect of low-level ...

FORT DETRICK, Md. – The Blast Overpressure Tool, an application developed by the DOD Blast Injury Research Coordinating Office to help minimize Warfighters’ exposure to the shock waves created by the ...

Study participants with varying levels of blast exposure will undergo advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to determine if blood flow is impaired in military personnel with higher lifetime blast ...

In military service members with a history of repetitive blast exposure, researchers found that higher blast exposure correlated with changes in the functional connectivity between brain regions, ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine and Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) researchers will use a federal Department of Defense grant to better identify, prevent and treat brain injuries for ...

A Ranger assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment fires a rocket at his targets during a live fire training exercise at Ft. Johnson, Louisiana, in 2023. (Sgt. Paul Won) Research into traumatic brain ...

DALLAS — Far from any battlefield, North Texas scientists are testing a familiar nutrient they hope can help regrow soldiers’ damaged muscles. At the University of Texas at Arlington, professor of ...