FIG. 1.

(A) Shock-wave over- and underpressures (in psi) produced by the Advanced Blast Simulator (ABS) versus time. Transducer 1, driver chamber; transducers 2 and 4, specimen chamber, up- and downwind from the rat head, respectively; transducer 3, specimen chamber directly over the rat head; transducer 5, specimen chamber adjacent to the rat head. (B) Direction and orientation of the experimental animal inside the ABS. When placed in the ABS, the animal was in a transverse prone position with the dorsal surface of the head perpendicular to the shock-wave direction (arrows). Color image is available online at www.liebertpub.com/neu