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Blast-related mild traumatic brain injury: a Bayesian random-effects meta-analysis on the cognitive outcomes of concussion among military personnel.
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- Neuropsychological Impact of Trauma-Related Mental Illnesses: A Systematic Review of Clinically Meaningful Results.Neuropsychology review · 2020Pooled it
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after Civilian Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prevalence Rates.Journal of neurotrauma · 2019Pooled it
- Partner-inflicted brain injury may cognitively age survivors by over a decade.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Development of a monoclonal antibody-based time-resolved fluorescence immunochromatographic assay strip for rapid and quantitative determination of S100B in serum.Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2026Article
- Exploring Calcium Channels as Potential Therapeutic Targets in Blast Traumatic Brain Injury.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Tentative Causes of Brain and Neuropsychological Alterations in Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Head Injury Due to Intimate Partner Violence: Injury Characteristics, Subacute Symptoms, and Receipt of Care.Journal of neurotrauma · 2024Article
- Magnesium-ibogaine therapy in veterans with traumatic brain injuries.Nature medicine · 2024Observational
- Post-Concussion Symptoms in Women With Head Injury Due to Intimate Partner Violence.Journal of neurotrauma · 2024Article
- Traumatic brain injury and sleep in military and veteran populations: A literature review.NeuroRehabilitation · 2024Review
- Is lifetime traumatic brain injury a risk factor for mild cognitive impairment in veterans compared to non-veterans?European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
- Individualized high-resolution analysis to categorize diverse learning and memory deficits in tau rTg4510 mice exposed to low-intensity blast.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024Article
- Neuro-psychiatric symptoms in directly and indirectly blast exposed civilian survivors of urban missile attacks.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Co-administration of Nanowired Oxiracetam and Neprilysin with Monoclonal Antibodies to Amyloid Beta Peptide and p-Tau Thwarted Exacerbation of Brain Pathology in Concussive Head Injury at Hot Environment.Advances in neurobiology · 2023Review
- Progressive long-term spatial memory loss following repeat concussive and subconcussive brain injury in mice, associated with dorsal hippocampal neuron loss, microglial phenotype shift, and vascular abnormalities.The European journal of neuroscience · 2021Article
- Neural activity during response inhibition in mild traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder.Neurobiology of stress · 2021Article
- Role of deployment-related mTBI and resilience in perceived participation limitations among Veterans.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2021Article
- The Neurobehavioral Effects of Buprenorphine and Meloxicam on a Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury Model in the Rat.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Assessment of Neuropsychological Function in Veterans With Blast-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Subconcussive Blast Exposure.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Strategic white matter injury associated with long-term information processing speed deficits in mild traumatic brain injury.Human brain mapping · 2020Article
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Abstract
Throughout their careers, many soldiers experience repeated blasts exposures from improvised explosive devices, which often involve head injury. Consequentially, blast-related mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) has become prevalent in modern conflicts, often occuring co-morbidly with psychiatric illness (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD]). In turn, a growing body of research has begun to explore the cognitive and psychiatric sequelae of blast-related mTBI. The current meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the chronic effects of blast-related mTBI on cognitive performance. A systematic review identified 9 studies reporting 12 samples meeting eligibility criteria. A Bayesian random-effects meta-analysis was conducted with cognitive construct and PTSD symptoms explored as moderators. The overall posterior mean effect size and Highest Density Interval (HDI) came to d = -0.12 [-0.21, -0.04], with executive function (-0.16 [-0.31, 0.00]), verbal delayed memory (-0.19 [-0.44, 0.06]) and processing speed (-0.11 [-0.26, 0.01]) presenting as the most sensitive cognitive domains to blast-related mTBI. When dividing executive function into diverse sub-constructs (i.e., working memory, inhibition, set-shifting), set-shifting presented the largest effect size (-0.33 [-0.55, -0.05]). PTSD symptoms did not predict cognitive effects sizes, β PTSD = -0.02 [-0.23, 0.20]. The results indicate a subtle, but chronic cognitive impairment following mTBI, especially in set-shifting, a relevant aspect of executive attention. These findings are consistent with past meta-analyses on multiple mTBI and correspond with past neuroimaging research on the cognitive correlates of white matter damage common in mTBI. However, all studies had cross-sectional designs, which resulted in universally low quality ratings and limited the conclusions inferable from this meta-analysis.
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