@article{ref1,
title="Military blast injury and chronic neurodegeneration: research presentations from the 2015 International State-of-the-Science Meeting",
journal="Journal of neurotrauma",
year="2017",
author="Agoston, Denes and Arun, Peethambaran and Bellgowan, Patrick and Broglio, Steven and Cantu, Robert and Cook, David and da Silva, Uade Olaghere and Dickstein, Dara and Elder, Gregory and Fudge, Elizabeth and Gandy, Sam and Gill, Jessica and Glenn, John F. and Gupta, Raj K. and Hinds, Sidney and Hoffman, Stuart and Lattimore, Theresa and Lin, Alexander and Lu, Kun Ping and Maroon, Joseph and Okonkwo, David and Perl, Daniel and Robinson, Meghan and Rosen, Charles and Smith, Douglas",
volume="34",
number="S1",
pages="S6-S17",
abstract="Blast-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a signature injury of recent military conflicts, leading to increased Department of Defense (DoD) interest in its potential long-term effects, such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The DoD Blast Injury Research Program Coordinating Office convened the 2015 International State-of-the-Science Meeting to discuss the existing evidence regarding a causal relationship between TBI and CTE. Over the course of the meeting, experts across government, academia, and the sports community presented cutting edge research on the unique pathological characteristics of blast-related TBI, blast-related neurodegenerative mechanisms, risk factors for CTE, potential biomarkers for CTE, and treatment strategies for chronic neurodegeneration. The current paper summarizes these presentations. Although many advances have been made to address these topics, more research is needed to establish the existence of links between the long-term effects of single or multiple blast-related TBI and CTE.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0897-7151",
doi="10.1089/neu.2017.5220",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2017.5220"
}