Troops' Brain Injuries Studied
Wayne State Univiersity is leading the research with a grant to study the effect of the "invisible fist" of blast injuries. To see a short 2 minute video click here.
Dr. Pamela VandeVord, assistant professor at Wayne State University, is seen here using a blast tube to study how pressure from explosions might cause brain injuries. The tube mimics explosions in Iraq to study what happens in the brain.
About 1.4 million people suffer a TBI every year in the United States, according to the Brain Injury Association of America.
Researcers now believe that what was once believed to by PTSD is actually TBI; organic versus non-organic injury.
