Brain Injury (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Brain Injury

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SNTF stained axons (brown) shortly after traumatic brain injury are pictured. The undulating course suggests damage to the internal skeleton, and the SNTF stain shows the high calcium concentration- activated enzymes that destroy the axon from the inside out.

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The laboratory of Douglas Smith, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

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