News Finding: Steroids can rapidly restore blood-brain barrier function after blast injury 
Paper Finding: The bTBI model is capable of isolating interactions between the BBB culture and blast overpressure alone, substantially reducing the influence of inertial loading, thereby enabling precise investigation of primary blast injury.
News Context: Steroids can rapidly restore blood-brain barrier function after blast injury 
Paper Context: These findings hold important implications for development of a potential therapy for restoring BBB integrity and function after bTBI. The bTBI model is capable of isolating interactions between the BBB culture and blast overpressure alone, substantially reducing the influence of inertial loading, thereby enabling precise investigation of primary blast injury. kPa peak incident overpressure, 1.06 ± 0.01 ms duration, and 16 ± 1.5 kPa ms impulse in the open-tube configuration.