image: Purkinje cell loss increases with the number of blast exposures in mice. Representative confocal images of cerebellar lobule 9 in sham- and 3× blast-treated mice 30 days after treatment, immunostained for neurofilament heavy chain (NF-HC)-positive basket cells (green) and IP3R1- positive Purkinje cells (red). This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 13 January 2016 issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by J.S. Meabon at VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, WA, and colleagues was titled, "Repetitive blast exposure in mice and combat veterans causes persistent cerebellar dysfunction." view more
Credit: Meabon <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2016)