Open AccessNeuroinflammatory Biomarkers Associated With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury History in Special Operations Forces Combat Soldiers
Author(s) -
Jacob R. Powell,
Adrian J. Boltz,
Jamie P DeCicco,
Avinash Chandran,
Stephen M. DeLellis,
Marshall L. Healy,
Shawn F. Kane,
James H. Lynch,
Gary E. Means,
Anthony C. Hackney,
Jason P. Mihalik
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of head trauma rehabilitation/journal of head trauma rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1550-509X
pISSN - 0885-9701
DOI - 10.1097/htr.0000000000000598
Subject(s) - biomarker , traumatic brain injury , medicine , population , incidence (geometry) , enolase , concussion , psychology , oncology , poison control , psychiatry , injury prevention , emergency medicine , biology , biochemistry , physics , immunohistochemistry , environmental health , optics
Special Operations Forces (SOF) combat soldiers are frequently exposed to blast and blunt neurotrauma, most often classified as mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Repetitive mTBI may increase the risk of developing long-term neurological sequelae. Identifying changes in neuroinflammatory biomarkers before chronic conditions emerge could serve as preliminary evidence of developing neuropathology.