“…Altered tau processing has frequently been observed in experimental animal models of blast injury [ 2 , 4 , 5 , 11 , 13 , 17 , 22 , 23 , 35 , 39 , 43 , 44 , 52 , 57 , 58 , 61 – 63 , 67 , 70 , 73 , 83 , 86 , 88 ]. The blast-exposed rats studied here develop a variety of chronic and persistent PTSD-related behavioral traits [ 81 ] following repetitive low-level blast exposure.…”