Repairing a Damaged Brain (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Repairing a Damaged Brain

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Giving a compound called 3K3A-APC to mice with stroke-induced brain damage dramatically increased the production of new neurons (labeled in red) from neural stem cells implanted next to the injured area.

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Image courtesy of Berislav Zlokovic, M.D., Ph.D., University of Southern California

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