Citation

Bauer D, Tung ML, Tsao JW. Semin. Neurol. 2015; 35(1): e14-22.

Affiliation

Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/s-0035-1549095

PMID

25816125

Abstract

The authors describe the mechanisms of traumatic brain injury (TBI), examining in depth the characteristics of closed head, penetrating, and blast-related TBI. Events on a structural as well as cellular level are reviewed. Blast-related brain injury, in particular, affects military service members preferentially, but is also relevant in cases of industrial accidents as well as terrorist events.

Language: en