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Project Number: | I01BX005015-01 |
| Title: | SDR: Genomic analysis of blast tube induced TBI in mice |
| Principal Investigator: | Bruce A. Citron |
| Location: | East Orange, NJ |
| Congressional District Code: | 10 |
| Research Service: | Biomedical Laboratory R&D |
| Project Period: | January 2020 - December 2024 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $359,400 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$1,853,683 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Approximately 25% of the two million service personnel deployed since 2000 have reported receiving a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The vast majority of these are mild, and, in the military, due to exposure to blast waves from a variety of sources. Unfortunately, an effective treatment is still needed, meanwhile Veterans cope with long-term effects of impaired brain processing and neurodegeneration. A better understanding is needed to address the problems caused by TBI. Genetic predispositions to... |