Brain Cells Reveal Different Types of Traumatic Injuries (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Brain Cells Reveal Different Types of Traumatic Injuries

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Under a microscope, brain sections from three different individuals show (left) axons with large, bulb-shaped lesions characteristic of a motor vehicle crash; (center) many smaller lesions characteristic of a blast injury; and (right) fewer lesions characteristic of an opiate overdose.

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Courtesy of Vassilis Koliatsos.

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