Ashfaq Adnan, University of Texas at Arlington (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Arlington

Ashfaq Adnan, University of Texas at Arlington

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Ashfaq Adnan, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, and colleague Yuan Ting Wu, recently published research findings in a leading journal revealing that if battlefield blasts could cause cavitation in the brain's perineuronal nets, which, in turn, may collapse and cause neuronal damage.

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