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Limiting Stroke Damage is Focus of Study

Caption: Image of a healthy neuron (tagged control) and a neuron following a simulated stroke (tagged ischemia). Communication arms of the neuron, called dendrites, are beaded following stroke, a indicator of damage caused by the lack of oxygen and glucose.

Credit: Phil Jones

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