Microscopic Channels Connect Skull Bone Marrow to Outer Surface of Brain (IMAGE)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Microscopic Channels Connect Skull Bone Marrow to Outer Surface of Brain

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Confocal microscopy of the skull of a living mouse shows newly discovered channels running from the bone marrow, through the inner skull bone, to the outer membrane (dura or meninges) on the surface of the brain.

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Fanny Herisson, M.D., Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital

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