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Research into Blast Injury and the Brain

Lee Goldstein, MD, PhD
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Using animal models in the lab to study the mechanisms of blast-related brain injury, researchers like Dr. Lee Goldstein are feeling optimistic that their findings will lead to viable treatments.

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Posted on BrainLine February 28, 2013.

Produced by Brian King, Vicky Youcha, and Erica Queen, BrainLine.

About the author: Lee Goldstein, MD, PhD

Dr. Lee Goldstein is an associate professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering at the Alzheimer's Disease Center at Boston University.

Lee Goldstein