Micro CT of Channels Connecting Skull Bone Marrow to Outer Surface of Brain (IMAGE)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Micro CT of Channels Connecting Skull Bone Marrow to Outer Surface of Brain

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Micro CT image of a mouse skull showing vascular channels (arrows) that carry neutrophils and other immune cells from the bone marrow to outer membrane of the brain.

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Gregory Wojtkiewicz, Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital

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