| Relationship between orientation to a blast and pressure wave propagation inside the rat brain. | |
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PMID: 21129403 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Exposure to a blast wave generated during an explosion may result in brain damage and related neurological impairments. Several mechanisms by which the primary blast wave can damage the brain have been proposed, including: (1) a direct effect of the shock wave on the brain causing tissue damage by skull flexure and propagation of stress and shear forces; and (2) an indirect transfer of kinetic energy from the blast, through large blood vessels and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), to the central nervous system. To address a basic question related to the mechanisms of blast brain injury, pressure was measured inside the brains of rats exposed to a low level of blast (~35kPa), while positioned in three different orientations with respect to the primary blast wave; head facing blast, right side exposed to blast and head facing away from blast. Data show different patterns and durations of the pressure traces inside the brain, depending on the rat orientation to blast. Frontal exposures (head facing blast) resulted in pressure traces of higher amplitude and longer duration, suggesting direct transmission and reflection of the pressure inside the brain (dynamic pressure transfer). The pattern of the pressure wave inside the brain in the head facing away from blast exposures assumes contribution of the static pressure, similar to hydrodynamic pressure to the pressure wave inside the brain. |
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Mikulas Chavko; Tomas Watanabe; Saleena Adeeb; Jason Lankasky; Stephen T Ahlers; Richard M McCarron |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Date: 2010-12-01 |
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Title: Journal of neuroscience methods Volume: 195 ISSN: 1872-678X ISO Abbreviation: J. Neurosci. Methods Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2011-01-11 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7905558 Medline TA: J Neurosci Methods Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 61-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Published by Elsevier B.V. |
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NeuroTrauma Department, Naval Medical Research Center, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA. Elena.orekhova@neuro.gu.se |
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