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  • Neuroscience
  • Military Medicine
  • Traumatic Brain Injury

Background:

  • Active-duty military personnel and Veterans face challenges with diagnosing brain injuries.
  • Current diagnostic methods are insufficient for injuries from explosive blasts, head impacts, and g-forces.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the urgent need for reliable diagnostic tests for military brain injuries.
  • To advocate for advanced neurotechnologies to detect and diagnose these injuries.

Main Methods:

  • Review of the current scientific literature on military brain injury.
  • Proposal for a multidisciplinary approach to develop new diagnostic tools.

Main Results:

  • The lack of reliable diagnostic tests hinders effective brain health care for military members and Veterans.
  • Advanced neurotechnologies are needed to identify the subtle, often invisible, consequences of combat-related head trauma.

Conclusions:

  • Diagnosis is the critical first step for developing effective prevention and therapeutic strategies for military brain injuries.
  • A concerted, multidisciplinary effort is essential to advance the diagnosis and treatment of brain injuries in the military population.