Blast TBI Educational Resources

Mission: 

The overarching mission of the Blast TBI Educational Project is to bring awareness of training and outreach efforts regarding deployment-related and Veteran-centric blast TBI research. We will accomplish this mission by:

• Providing guidance and support the standardization of preclinical blast TBI models

• Recommending injury parameters and effective blast measurement requirements for matrices of severity index and best practices

• Sharing determined blast-related Common Data Elements (CDEs) to wider TBI community

• Educating on and facilitating use of open-field blast core at the Missouri Open-Field Blast Core (e.g., Experimental Mine) at Missouri S&T, in association with the Acute Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium and the Truman VA.

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Dr. Cahterine Johnson, Missouri S&T assistant professor of mining and nuclear engineering, detonates an explosion at the university's Experimental Mine facility as part of her research into TBIs in the military. photo credit: Sam O'Keefe/Missouri S&T. 

Missouri S&T – News and Events – Missouri S&T explosives researcher studies blast-induced brain injuries (mst.edu)

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Collaborating with the Missouri Open-Field Blast Core and Truman VA Behavior Core Facilitates:

Do you have a novel compound to protect or restore brain function after blast injury? Do you have an innovative hypothesis about blast TBI pathology that you would like to test in a deployment-relevant model? Join our PRECISE-TBI contact list to learn more about collaboration with the Open-Field Blast Core and the Truman VA Behavior Core Facilities.

Facility features include:

• Open-field blast model that was developed to mimic battlefield conditions

• Targets at various distances allow altering the peak pressure and impulse

• High speed video and data acquisition system used to monitor blasts

• Collaboration with Truman VA facilitates behavioral assessments, evaluations of neuropathology, molecular neuroimaging, quantitative mass spectrometry, and global-proteome profiles

Join the PRECISE-TBI Contact List to learn more!

 

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