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Project Number: | I01BX004529-01 |
| Title: | Nanoparticles Mitigate Chronic Behavior and Neuropathology |
| Principal Investigator: | Pamela Vandevord |
| Location: | Salem, VA |
| Congressional District Code: | 9 |
| Research Service: | Biomedical Laboratory R&D |
| Project Period: | April 2019 - March 2023 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $156,786 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$860,432 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Increasing numbers of US Veterans are returning from military ventures suffering from blast exposure and traumatic brain injury (TBI). There is a critical need for a greater understanding of the long term and debilitating impairments in cognition, psychological health, and sensorimotor abilities. To further complicate the injury, combat personnel exposed to repeated clast concussions could find themselves with long-term sequelae. The number of these individuals is increasing with the current war... |