Blast Exposure Does Not Increase Blood Biomarkers of Neurodegeneration in Service Members and Veterans with and Without Uncomplicated Mild TBI
= 1.0) groups. GFAP did not significantly differ between the groups after Bonferroni correction (ps > 0.05). Overall, the lone finding that survived correction for multiple comparisons suggested that participants with low levels of self-reported blast exposure exhibited lower levels of NfL than participants with no history of blast exposure. There were no differences in UCH-L1, tau, or p-tau based on self-reported blast exposure in a large sample of SMVs with and without mTBI.
Authors
- Louis M. French (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9451-0604)
- Jan Kennedy
- Sara M. Lippa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6352-7577)
- Jessica Gill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2465-4079)
- Tracey A. Brickell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1211-4147)
- Rael Lange
- Lars Hungerford
- Chen Lai
- Jason M. Bailie
Institutions
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation (US)
- Brooke Army Medical Center (US)
- Naval Medical Center San Diego (US)
- General Dynamics (United States) (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (US)
- Brain Injury Association of America (US)
- Evans Army Community Hospital (US)
- Oceanside Public Library (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurotrauma
- Published
- 2026-04-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/08977151261446415
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00